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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-11 19:43:13 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-11 19:43:13 -0700 |
| commit | ce9d3c9a6a9aef61525be07fe6ba27d937236aa2 (patch) | |
| tree | 1b29bcb8f60fc6b59fa0d7b833cc733b8ebe17c9 /Documentation | |
| parent | 038a5008b2f395c85e6e71d6ddf3c684e7c405b0 (diff) | |
| parent | 3d73c2884f45f9a297cbc956cea101405a9703f2 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband: (87 commits)
mlx4_core: Fix section mismatches
IPoIB: Allow setting policy to ignore multicast groups
IB/mthca: Mark error paths as unlikely() in post_srq_recv functions
IB/ipath: Minor fix to ordering of freeing and zeroing of tid pages.
IB/ipath: Remove redundant link state checks
IB/ipath: Fix IB_EVENT_PORT_ERR event
IB/ipath: Better handling of unexpected GPIO interrupts
IB/ipath: Maintain active time on all chips
IB/ipath: Fix QHT7040 serial number check
IB/ipath: Indicate a couple of chip bugs to userspace
IB/ipath: iba6110 rev4 no longer needs recv header overrun workaround
IB/ipath: Use counters in ipath_poll and cleanup interrupts in ipath_close
IB/ipath: Remove duplicate copy of LMC
IB/ipath: Add ability to set the LMC via the sysfs debugging interface
IB/ipath: Optimize completion queue entry insertion and polling
IB/ipath: Implement IB_EVENT_QP_LAST_WQE_REACHED
IB/ipath: Generate flush CQE when QP is in error state
IB/ipath: Remove redundant code
IB/ipath: Future proof eeprom checksum code (contents reading)
IB/ipath: UC RDMA WRITE with IMMEDIATE doesn't send the immediate
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/infiniband/user_mad.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/infiniband/user_mad.txt b/Documentation/infiniband/user_mad.txt index 8ec54b974b67..744687dd195b 100644 --- a/Documentation/infiniband/user_mad.txt +++ b/Documentation/infiniband/user_mad.txt @@ -99,6 +99,20 @@ Transaction IDs request/response pairs. The upper 32 bits are reserved for use by the kernel and will be overwritten before a MAD is sent. +P_Key Index Handling + + The old ib_umad interface did not allow setting the P_Key index for + MADs that are sent and did not provide a way for obtaining the P_Key + index of received MADs. A new layout for struct ib_user_mad_hdr + with a pkey_index member has been defined; however, to preserve + binary compatibility with older applications, this new layout will + not be used unless the IB_USER_MAD_ENABLE_PKEY ioctl is called + before a file descriptor is used for anything else. + + In September 2008, the IB_USER_MAD_ABI_VERSION will be incremented + to 6, the new layout of struct ib_user_mad_hdr will be used by + default, and the IB_USER_MAD_ENABLE_PKEY ioctl will be removed. + Setting IsSM Capability Bit To set the IsSM capability bit for a port, simply open the |