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| author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2007-10-13 05:27:47 +0400 |
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| committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2007-10-13 05:27:47 +0400 |
| commit | b981d8b3f5e008ff10d993be633ad00564fc22cd (patch) | |
| tree | e292dc07b22308912cf6a58354a608b9e5e8e1fd /Documentation/infiniband/user_mad.txt | |
| parent | b11d2127c4893a7315d1e16273bc8560049fa3ca (diff) | |
| parent | 2b9e0aae1d50e880c58d46788e5e3ebd89d75d62 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b981d8b3f5e008ff10d993be633ad00564fc22cd.tar.xz | |
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/macintosh/adbhid.c
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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 |