[openib-general] Mailing

2005-02-15 Thread Eitan Zahavi
Title: Mailing It was really great to meet everybody at the workshop. I'm glad I could come. Thanks to the organizers. I would like to bring the topic of how we can improve the effectiveness of our mailing interchange: The openib-general is the mailing list we all share. It covers all the

Re: [openib-general] question on opensm error

2005-02-15 Thread Hal Rosenstock
Hi Ron, On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 15:59, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > formerly working opensm starts to get these: So the OpenSM was up and running and these messages appeared in the log. Did anything change in the subnet ? > [1108414727:000284173][411FF970] -> umad_receiver: send completed with > er

Re: [openib-general] question on opensm error

2005-02-15 Thread Hal Rosenstock
Hi Ron, On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 15:59, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > formerly working opensm starts to get these: So the OpenSM was up and running and these messages appeared in the log. Did anything change in the subnet ? > [1108414727:000284173][411FF970] -> umad_receiver: send completed with > er

Re: [openib-general] question on opensm error

2005-02-15 Thread Hal Rosenstock
Hi, A couple more things on this: On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 06:50, Hal Rosenstock wrote: > Hi Ron, > > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 15:59, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > > formerly working opensm starts to get these: > > So the OpenSM was up and running and these messages appeared in the log. > Did anything c

Re: [openib-general] question on opensm error

2005-02-15 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Hal Rosenstock wrote: > ibstatus/ibstat can show the local port logical and physical port state. bluesteel:~ # ibstat CA 'mthca0': CA type: MT23108 Number of ports: 2 Firmware version: 3.3.2 Hardware version: a1 Node GUID: 0x0002c9010

Re: [openib-general] question on opensm error

2005-02-15 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 08:53, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Hal Rosenstock wrote: > > > ibstatus/ibstat can show the local port logical and physical port state. > > bluesteel:~ # ibstat > CA 'mthca0': > CA type: MT23108 > Number of ports: 2 > Firmware vers

Re: [openib-general] Mailing

2005-02-15 Thread Roland Dreier
Eitan> 1. Use more mailing lists (e.g. openib-ib-manegement ) I've always resisted splitting openib-general. I still think it's a bad idea for several reasons: - openib-general is still a low-traffic list. linux-kernel works fine with 10 times the number of messages per day. - we end u

Re: [openib-general] Mailing

2005-02-15 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Roland Dreier wrote: > Eitan> 1. Use more mailing lists (e.g. openib-ib-manegement ) > > I've always resisted splitting openib-general. I still think it's a > bad idea for several reasons: yes, splitting makes no sense for the volume of this list. I would hate to see

Re: [openib-general] Mailing

2005-02-15 Thread Grant Grundler
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 12:16:24PM +0200, Eitan Zahavi wrote: > As my main interest and contribution is in the area of IB subnet management > and tools, I had to write email filters that allows me to focus on this area. > However, these filters are far from perfect and many times I loose > valuable

Re: [openib-general] [PATCH]deadlock problem in ipoib

2005-02-15 Thread Shirley Ma
>I think the proper fix for those places calling ipoib_put_ah() inside a lock is to move the ipoib_ah structs to a temporary list and then put them outside of the lock. I will create a new patch. Thanks Shirley Ma IBM Linux Technology Center 15300 SW Koll Parkway Beaverton, OR 97006-6063 Phone(F

[openib-general] bugzilla question

2005-02-15 Thread Shirley Ma
I am planning to use bugzilla to file bug reports. I logged in but I only see one bug report there. Are we really using this? Thanks Shirley Ma IBM Linux Technology Center 15300 SW Koll Parkway Beaverton, OR 97006-6063 Phone(Fax): (503) 578-7638 ___ op

[openib-general] [PATCH] [CM] match received msgs against local and remote ID

2005-02-15 Thread Sean Hefty
This patch matches received messages against local and remote IDs (versus local ID only). It relocates a structure definition, and fixes a race receiving a duplicate REQ. These changes will be needed as part of timewait handling. Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: infiniband/c

Re: [openib-general] Mailing

2005-02-15 Thread Sean Hefty
Eitan Zahavi wrote: I would like to propose two options to resolve that: 1. Use more mailing lists (e.g. openib-ib-manegement ) 2. Use keywords in the mail Subject (e.g. Subject: [SM] I have a problem) I would rather not have multiple mailing lists. I like that use of keywords, but I've found tha

Re: [openib-general] Mailing

2005-02-15 Thread Roland Dreier
Sean> I would rather not have multiple mailing lists. I like that Sean> use of keywords, but I've found that threads frequently Sean> change topics. Is this really a big problem anyway? If the list gets 40 mails a day (which is a busy day) and it takes 15 seconds (which is generous)

[openib-general] curious warning message (gen1, ibgd, possibly ot)

2005-02-15 Thread Peter Kjellström
Hello folks, I'm sorry if this is kind of off-topic for this list but I suspect that there are quite a few people on this list that can answer my rather simple question. Every time the tavor-driver loads I see these (kinda scary) warnings: THH kernel module initialized successfully VAPI(2): th

[openib-general] Solaris IPoIB MTU with OpenSM

2005-02-15 Thread Hal Rosenstock
Hi, Unfortunately, the Solaris 10 IPoIB MTU with OpenSM is back to the maximum size of 252 again :-( I'm not sure whether this was ever really fixed although I do now see the packets indicating an exact MTU of 4 (2048 bytes). I'm not sure what Solaris doesn't like about the OpenSM response to the

RE: [openib-general] Mailing

2005-02-15 Thread Woodruff, Robert J
Roland Wrote, >Is this really a big problem anyway? If the list gets 40 mails a day >(which is a busy day) and it takes 15 seconds (which is generous) to >glance at a mail and decide if you're interested, you're only spending >10 minutes a day looking at mail. > - R. I agree with Roland, I thi

Re: [openib-general] Mailing

2005-02-15 Thread Sean Hefty
Woodruff, Robert J wrote: Roland Wrote, Is this really a big problem anyway? If the list gets 40 mails a day (which is a busy day) and it takes 15 seconds (which is generous) to glance at a mail and decide if you're interested, you're only spending 10 minutes a day looking at mail. I agree with

RE: [openib-general] Mailing

2005-02-15 Thread Bill Thompson
> -Original Message- > > Roland Wrote, > > > > > >>Is this really a big problem anyway? If the list gets 40 mails a day > >>(which is a busy day) and it takes 15 seconds (which is generous) to > >>glance at a mail and decide if you're interested, you're only spending > >>10 minutes a da

Re: [openib-general] Solaris IPoIB MTU with OpenSM

2005-02-15 Thread Nitin Hande
I have a hunch for whats happening here, but before I jump into any conclusions, I am seeing some other issue between Solaris IPoIB driver and OpenSM. After joining the Broadcast group, the PathRecord Response coming from OpenSM signals an error with Invalid GUID. I wonder why, Here is the mad trac

Re: [openib-general] Solaris IPoIB MTU with OpenSM

2005-02-15 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 16:36, Nitin Hande wrote: > I have a hunch for whats happening here, Glad to hear this as I don't have a clue :-) > but before I jump into any > conclusions, I am seeing some other issue between Solaris IPoIB driver > and OpenSM. After joining the Broadcast group, the PathR

Re: [openib-general] Solaris IPoIB MTU with OpenSM

2005-02-15 Thread Hal Rosenstock
Hi again Nitin, On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 16:36, Nitin Hande wrote: > After joining the Broadcast group, the PathRecord Response > coming from OpenSM signals an error with Invalid GUID. I wonder why, There appear to be only 2 places in the code (I'm not saying the code is right) where this can occur.

Re: [openib-general] Solaris IPoIB MTU with OpenSM

2005-02-15 Thread Hal Rosenstock
Hi Nitin, On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 16:45, Hal Rosenstock wrote: > Can you look in the osm.log to see if the source or dest GID is > implicated ? This will help me chase it down. Thanks. Both SGID and DGID are in the component mask but my bet is on the DGID. OpenSM does not currently support PathReco

Re: [openib-general] Solaris IPoIB MTU with OpenSM

2005-02-15 Thread Nitin Hande
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 13:45, Hal Rosenstock wrote: > Hi again Nitin, > > On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 16:36, Nitin Hande wrote: > > After joining the Broadcast group, the PathRecord Response > > coming from OpenSM signals an error with Invalid GUID. I wonder why, > > There appear to be only 2 places in

RE: FW: [openib-general] Minutes from DAPL BOF at OpenIB Workshop

2005-02-15 Thread James Lentini
After discussing it more with folks here, is seems to us that perhaps for the uDAPL user-mode library, it be provided to openib.org under a dual BSD + LGPL library rather than a BSD + GPL since people normally want to use LGPL for libraries. I'm in favor of what ever licensing scheme our user's

Re: [openib-general] [PATCH] SDP warnings on x86_64

2005-02-15 Thread Libor Michalek
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 02:39:21PM -0800, Tom Duffy wrote: > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 14:20 -0800, Libor Michalek wrote: > > Here's a patch for the print format warning in the debug data path. > > OK, good. Thanks. Now clean on x86_64 with data debug on. Still > seeing these on sparc64: Tom,

Re: [openib-general] Solaris IPoIB MTU with OpenSM

2005-02-15 Thread Hal Rosenstock
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 17:45, Nitin Hande wrote: > Here is the osm log, I think we may have a lead, the dest GID is wrong: > : > > Feb 15 23:29:57 [43005960] -> osm_sm_mcgrp_join: Port 0x0002c901097651d1 > joining MLID 0xC001. > Feb 15 23:29:57 [43005960] -> __osm_pr_rcv_get_end_points: No dest po

Re: [openib-general] bugzilla question

2005-02-15 Thread Tom Duffy
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 10:08 -0800, Shirley Ma wrote: > > I am planning to use bugzilla to file bug reports. I logged in but I > only see one bug report there. Are we really using this? I have filed a couple. I won't discourage you using bugzilla, but you may have quicker response on the list.

RE: FW: [openib-general] Minutes from DAPL BOF at OpenIB Workshop

2005-02-15 Thread Tom Duffy
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 16:47 -0800, Woodruff, Robert J wrote: > Hi Arkady, > > As I mentioned in the BOF, I have a person (Arlin Davis) that can help > with > developing a uDAPL provider for the openib.org verbs. > After discussing it more > with folks here, is seems to us that perhaps for the u

Re: [openib-general] curious warning message (gen1, ibgd, possibly ot)

2005-02-15 Thread Tom Duffy
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 19:48 +0100, Peter KjellstrÃm wrote: > Hello folks, > > I'm sorry if this is kind of off-topic for this list but I suspect that there > are quite a few people on this list that can answer my rather simple > question. > > Every time the tavor-driver loads I see these (kinda

Re: [openib-general] [PATCH] SDP warnings on x86_64

2005-02-15 Thread Tom Duffy
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 16:03 -0800, Libor Michalek wrote: > This patch should clear up all the warnings, can you give it > a try and let me know if it works. Perfect. Clean yummy compiles. Thanks. -tduffy signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

RE: FW: [openib-general] Minutes from DAPL BOF at OpenIB Workshop

2005-02-15 Thread Ryan, Jim
Tom Duffy wrote: > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 16:47 -0800, Woodruff, Robert J wrote: >> Hi Arkady, >> >> As I mentioned in the BOF, I have a person (Arlin Davis) that can >> help with developing a uDAPL provider for the openib.org verbs. >> After discussing it more >> with folks here, is seems to us t

Re: [openib-general] Solaris IPoIB MTU with OpenSM

2005-02-15 Thread Nitin Hande
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 15:57, Hal Rosenstock wrote: > On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 17:45, Nitin Hande wrote: > > Here is the osm log, I think we may have a lead, the dest GID is wrong: > > : > > > > Feb 15 23:29:57 [43005960] -> osm_sm_mcgrp_join: Port 0x0002c901097651d1 > > joining MLID 0xC001. > > Feb

Re: [openib-general] Mailing

2005-02-15 Thread Matt Leininger
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 09:02 -0800, Roland Dreier wrote: > Eitan> 1. Use more mailing lists (e.g. openib-ib-manegement ) > > I've always resisted splitting openib-general. I still think it's a > bad idea for several reasons: > > - openib-general is still a low-traffic list. linux-kernel wor