Messages in this thread | | | From | Logan Gunthorpe <> | Date | Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:51:16 -0600 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/8] NTB: Fix the default port and peer numbers for legacy drivers |
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On 15/06/18 01:48 PM, Serge Semin wrote: > Concerning the fix of the discovered issues and fixes introduced by this > patchset. I'd suggest to add the ports-index callbacks to the Switchtec > driver, which identify local and peer ports. After this the current version > of all the test drivers shall perfectly work.
Well that will work for the simple switchtec case. The crosslink topology CAN NOT produce port numbers like you ask. It is perfectly symmetric and the two hosts cannot reliably figure out which is port 0 and which is port 1. So these patches support this case.
Logan
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