linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] Increase maximum Infiniband HCAs per-system

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:13:00 -0800
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>
Cc:	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, justin.chen@...com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Increase maximum Infiniband HCAs per-system

 > What I'm a little unsure of is, does IB_UMAD_MAX_AGENTS need to
 > double too? We don't export the agent id in the filesystem
 > anywhere, but we do give it to the user via an ioctl. That's just
 > used for book keeping purposes but...

I don't think so.  That is a limit on "agents" registered per open file,
so it is orthogonal to the number of devices.

 - R.
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