Re: [PATCH] IB/mlx5: give back valid speed/width even without plugged in SFP module

From: Hal Rosenstock
Date: Fri Oct 27 2017 - 20:18:19 EST


On 10/27/2017 7:19 PM, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> On 10/27/2017 7:04 PM, Ghazale Hosseinabadi wrote:
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>> On 10/27/2017 03:52 PM, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
>>> On 10/27/2017 5:54 PM, Ghazale Hosseinabadi wrote:
>>>> When running ibstat (if transceiver is not connected in adapter):
>>>>
>>>> ibpanic: [7851] main: stat of IB device 'mlx5_1' failed: Invalid
>>>> argument
>>> Any output before that ?
>> no, It only prints this line.
>
> and setting the width to 1x in the driver so the rate file is properly
> populated fixes this ? I must be missing something as to what is going
> on in this scenario.

[off list...]
Are you using libibumad or rdma-core package ? Which version ?
What version of infiniband-diags are you using ?
Can you build from sources ?
I have patch to libibumad/rdma-core and another patch to ibstat
(infiniband-diags) which I'd like you to try. Is that possible ?

Thanks.

-- Hal

> sysfs.c:rate_show is inconsistent as it paves over an invalid speed
> setting that to SDR but does not pave over invalid width returning
> -EINVAL but this comment is in another "direction".
>
> -- Hal
>
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>> -- Ghazale
>>> Â I'm trying to understand how far it gets. It
>>> looks to me that empty rate file would be parsed as 0 and ibstat would
>>> show that rate. ibpanic would occur if file was not found but I could be
>>> missing something.
>>>
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