On 9/7/06 12:42 PM, "George Bosilca" <bosi...@cs.utk.edu> wrote:
> I still wonder why we need any configuration "magic". We don't want > to be the only one around supporting IPv4 OR IPv6. Supporting both of > them simultaneously can be interesting, and it does not require huge > changes. In fact, we have a problem only at the connection step, > everything else will be identically. The only configuration magic I'm talking about is adding relevant tests into configure.m4 to test for the presence of IPv6 types/functions. If they're not there, then we need to #if out the relevant code in the components. > In fact, as we're talking about the TCP layer, we might want to > finish the discussion we had a while ago, about merging the OOB and > the BTL in one component. They do have very similar functions, and > right now we have to maintain 2 components. I think it's more than > time to do the merge, and move the resulting component or whatever > down in the OPAL layer. > > I even volunteer for that. Next week I will be away, so I will come > back with a design for the phone conference on ... well beginning of > october. Sounds good to me -- I'd be interested to see a design for such a beast. There's a lot of implications, but can talk it over when you show the design. :-) -- Jeff Squyres Server Virtualization Business Unit Cisco Systems
