On 3/6/2015 5:47 PM, Weiny, Ira wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 07:21:48AM +0000, Weiny, Ira wrote: >> >>> I think this is going to break quite a bit. I have prototyped setting >>> OPA devices to "OPA Link Layer" and the perftest tools just fall over. >>> Any changes to the Link layer or the transport types will require a >>> transition period for ULPs. >> >> How do the perftest tools work with OPA in the first place? OPA seems to have >> 32 bit lids. Do you mean it 'works' as long as the lid is < 16 bits? Same >> general >> point about all of verbs, lots of 'uint16_t lid' in the interfaces? > > The 32 bit LIDs in the SMP are designed for future expansion. Currently OPA > does not support > 16 bit LIDs.
It's not just verbs (structures and APIs) but also CM and any other place where LID is used which are numerous. Is a new verbs coming for this ? How will compatibility be dealt with ? This is also another example why a more complete picture of OPA is needed. -- Hal > > Ira > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
