> Quoting Rick Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: [ofa-general] Re: initial set of "direct" SDP tests in netperf > > >Surely too late for OFED 1.2, but we can reopen this afterwards. > > > >Are there disadvantages to using protocol instead of family? > >Would this change present a problem for people using e.g. getprotobyname > >to get the protocol number? > > True, at that level it would be trading one problem - AF_INET_SDP not in > getaddrinfo()) into a different problem - IPPROTO_SDP not in > getprotobyname(). > > However, I think that is the "better" problem - SDP is a "protocol" not > an address family. (Again, based on what little I understand about > SDP).
I see why this makes sens for you, but in what sense is it a "better" problem? > Having said that, at this point, is the die not already cast? For OFED 1.2, it is. But hopefully it's not the last one. > Probably worth asking for opinions in netdev. I'm sure there would be > at least a couple available there. As I said, I did that already. -- MST _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
