Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932091AbWCIXUY (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2006 18:20:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932109AbWCIXUY (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2006 18:20:24 -0500 Received: from sj-iport-4.cisco.com ([171.68.10.86]:28223 "EHLO sj-iport-4.cisco.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932091AbWCIXUX (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2006 18:20:23 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.02,180,1139212800"; d="scan'208"; a="1783640910:sNHT31196632" To: "Bryan O'Sullivan" Cc: rolandd@cisco.com, gregkh@suse.de, akpm@osdl.org, davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, openib-general@openib.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 9 of 20] ipath - char devices for diagnostics and lightweight subnet management X-Message-Flag: Warning: May contain useful information References: From: Roland Dreier Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:20:15 -0800 In-Reply-To: (Bryan O'Sullivan's message of "Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:47:02 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.18 (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Mar 2006 23:20:15.0259 (UTC) FILETIME=[0595A6B0:01C643D0] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 625 Lines: 14 Bryan> The ipath_sma.c file supports a lightweight userspace Bryan> subnet management agent (SMA). This is used in deployments Bryan> (such as HPC clusters) where a full Infiniband protocol Bryan> stack is not needed. I've never understood what forces you to maintain two separate SMAs. Why can't you pick one of the two SMAs and use that unconditionally? - R. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/