So can we install both v1 and v2 packages on a system ? At the install time, we don't know the app will run on v1 or v2.
--CQ > -----Original Message----- > From: Arlin Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:46 PM > To: Doug Ledford > Cc: Tang, Changqing; general > Subject: Re: [ofa-general] Re: Dapl 2 question/issue > > Doug Ledford wrote: > > > > You *should* be claiming that regardless. The API between > dapl-1 and > > dapl-2 changed, some of which is fixed simply be > recompiling and some > > of which requires actual code changes. Just because the > library name > > is the same doesn't mean that code built and compiled > against dapl-1 > > could or should attempt to run against dapl-2 (unless I'm > wrong here, > > Arlin should really speak to this issue...if the dapl-2 libraries > > provide backward compatible symbols via so symbol versions, then it > > might be possible for a dapl-1 program to run against the dapl-2 > > library, but then that would beg the question of why we are still > > distributing dapl-1 libraries in a separate package, so I'm > guessing > > there is not a back compatible layer in the dapl-2 library). > > You are correct. dapl-1 programs cannot run against dapl-2. > That is why both v1 and v2 packages are provided. We have to > support existing v1 applications while providing a transition > path to v2. > > -arlin > > _______________________________________________ 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
