Re: [ofw] ib-diags: compatability issue with ibstat

2011-09-25 Thread Ira Weiny
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:15:04 -0700 "Hefty, Sean" wrote: > > 1. Remove ibstat and use ibv_devinfo instead > > 2. Change ibstat to obtain the fdr10 information using ibverbs > > 3. Move the is_fdr10 functionality into OS specific files or code > > sections of ibstat > > 4. Change ib

RE: [ofw] ib-diags: compatability issue with ibstat

2011-09-23 Thread Hefty, Sean
> 1. Remove ibstat and use ibv_devinfo instead > 2. Change ibstat to obtain the fdr10 information using ibverbs > 3. Move the is_fdr10 functionality into OS specific files or code > sections of ibstat > 4. Change ibstat to obtain fdr10 data using MADs or some other OS > inde

RE: [ofw] ib-diags: compatability issue with ibstat

2011-09-23 Thread Hefty, Sean
So far, it seems that the choices are: 1. Remove ibstat and use ibv_devinfo instead 2. Change ibstat to obtain the fdr10 information using ibverbs 3. Move the is_fdr10 functionality into OS specific files or code sections of ibstat 4. Change ibstat to obtain fdr10 data using MADs or some other OS

RE: [ofw] ib-diags: compatability issue with ibstat

2011-09-23 Thread Hefty, Sean
> > The only way to determine whether fdr10 is active or not is via the > > vendor proprietary MAD. That info may be reflected in some other API > > (and/or file) so that MAD does not need to be reissued. In a separate > > thread on linux-rdma, there was discussion on a couple of different > > ways

RE: [ofw] ib-diags: compatability issue with ibstat

2011-09-23 Thread Hefty, Sean
> Even if ibv_devinfo is updated to include the additional information, > do we want to require libibverbs, etc. on any IB management machine > just for this ? That's not the case today on IB management nodes. IMO, it's acceptable for ibverbs to be the basic requirement for any IB userspace appli

Re: [ofw] ib-diags: compatability issue with ibstat

2011-09-23 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Hal Rosenstock wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Hefty, Sean wrote: >> commit 1344cb3feacafc462440dabfa5997c5205486d83 added support for FDR10 in a >> way that is not compatible with Windows support.  Windows does not use files >> to read attribute infor

Re: [ofw] ib-diags: compatability issue with ibstat

2011-09-23 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Hefty, Sean wrote: > commit 1344cb3feacafc462440dabfa5997c5205486d83 added support for FDR10 in a > way that is not compatible with Windows support.  Windows does not use files > to read attribute information. > > I will probably need to obtain the necessary info

Re: [ofw] ib-diags: compatability issue with ibstat

2011-09-23 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Ira Weiny wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:32:54 -0700 > Ira Weiny wrote: > >> On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:23:45 -0700 >> "Hefty, Sean" wrote: >> >> > > Does this mean "ibstatus" does not work on Windows? >> > >> > We do not support any of the scripts on windows.  As f