[openib-general] Handling SM class (SMInfo vs. other queries)

Mon Oct 25 10:47:53 PDT 2004

    Sean> I was thinking of DR MADs, that have several checks, plus
    Sean> updates to the hop_ptr.  Are we talking about handing MADs
    Sean> to the driver immediately after it is received, or
    Sean> immediately before it would be dispatched to other clients?

I guess right before dispatch to other clients -- there's no way for
the low-level driver to tell whether or not the hop_count/hop_ptr
checks and updates have been done or not, so it would just
(incorrectly) consume the MAD and generate a response the first time
around.

 - R.