Re: [PATCH V3] SA Busy Handling

Roland Dreier
2010-12-03T22:01:48Z

> The reason for preferring a BUSY response to simply having the SM
> throw the packets on the floor is that it makes it possible to
> differentiate between an overloaded SM and communications problems
> when debugging a fabric problem.

Is that really the main reason for all this? Wouldn't it be simpler to
have the SM log something locally when it's overloaded, rather than
generating even more traffic on the fabric?

- R.