Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:29:37 +0200 | From | Micha Nelissen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/9] RapidIO: Add handling for PW message from a lost device |
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Alexandre Bounine wrote: > Add check if PW message source device is accessible and change PW message > handler to recover if PW message source device is not available anymore (power > down or link disconnect).
I am not quite sure what the point is of this patch. What do you need to recover from?
> To avoid possible loss of notification, the PW message handler scans the route > back from the source device to identify end of the broken link.
Do you mean if port-writes are dropped? Then they did not reach you in the first place. If a link in between is broken, the associated switch will 'complain' and send port-writes, no?
Micha
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