On 2022/1/20 19:03, Karsten Graul wrote:> > I really appreciate your effort to improve the performance and solve existing bottle necks, > but please keep in mind that the SMC module implements the IBM SMC protocol that is > described here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6326337 > (you can find these links in the source code, too). > > Your patch makes changes that are not described in this design paper and may lead to > future incompatibilities with other platforms that support the IBM SMC protocol. > > For example: > - you start using one of the reserved bytes in struct smc_cdc_msg > - you define a new smc_llc message type 0x0A > - you change the maximum number of connections per link group from 255 to 32 > > We need to start a discussion about your (good!) ideas with the owners of the protocol. Thanks for your affirmation of my effort and looking forward to the conclusion of the protocol discussion.
