On Jun 21, 2012, at 6:11 AM, TERRY DONTJE wrote: >>> As far as I understand it is not reason to rename it. The OFED-lovin >>> components should look at $with_openib. >>> > I agree with Pasha that the reason you give for renaming openib btl seem > orthogonal to renaming the btl.
Note that I'm not talking about renaming the BTL (*). I'm only talking about renaming --with-openib to --with-<something_else> (see below). > I don't like the ofed name because isn't "ofed" the name of the standards > body and not the protocol being used? I'd be in favor of renaming the btl > ibverbs after the library the btl accesses. However isn't this btl (and the > underlying library) used with networks other than IB? Yes, it is used with at least 2 flavors of Ethernet networks, too -- that's why I shied away from anything with "ib" in the name. But "verbs" is another possibility. Here's some options: 1. --with-ofed +++ Everyone recognizes the name --- OFED refers to a specific software package; the name is not accurate 2. --with-of --- "of" could mean anything; seems too generic 3. --with-openfabrics +++ Explicit, obvious as to what it is for --- A little long, but who cares? 4. --with-verbs +++ A little shorter than "openfabrics" --- A little generic of a name; not as specific as "openfabrics" I'm personally gravitating towards --with-openfabrics. (*) Although renaming the openib BTL would certainly be nice, that can be a different effort. It would definitely need some additional "synonym" work in the MCA for backwards compatibility during 1.7/1.8, though. To be clear: this email thread is NOT about renaming the openib BTL. -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
