On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenst...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Ira Weiny <wei...@llnl.gov> wrote: > >> On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:49:50 -0700 >> "Sean Hefty" <sean.he...@intel.com> wrote: >> >> > >I'm not sure this is a good idea. ibutils (ibis and ibmgtsim) wants >> ib_types.h >> > >but does not want libibumad. >> > >> > Well, libibumad is pretty useless without some network structure >> definitions. >> > Currently, the alternatives are to install opensm, which also requires >> > installing libibmad, libibcommon, and complib, or for the app to define >> what >> > they need, which is what was done here. I'm not sure how you pick up >> ib_types.h >> > without libibumad getting installed, but you can make a reasonable >> argument that >> > libibumad should define the MAD and SA attribute structures. >> >> Actually, now that I think about it... does ibutils depend on OpenSM >> then? > > > I think it has to as it uses the OpenSM vendor layer (at least ibis). > ibmgtsim is another story. > Also, configure takes --with-osm for OpenSM location. > > >> I would think that it would be better to have it depend on ibumad rather >> than OpenSM... >> > > This may be historical but it was built on the OpenSM vendor layer before > there was umad. > > Mellanox is best to comment on these aspects. > > -- Hal > > >> >> :-/ Ok I think I am starting to see why you mention this... Does ibutils >> actually link with anything? It looks like ibutils is using the inline >> functions to effectively make a "static" link to this functionality? I >> don't see any dependencies on any libs in the Makefile.am's. Is that >> correct? :-/ >> >> In this case I don't know that it matters if we move the header. However, >> it would matter if we moved the inline functions... >> >> Does ibutils form it's own packets and open the mad devices on it's own, >> outside of ibumad? From my quick look it seems it would have to. >> >> Ira >> >> > >> > - Sean >> > >> >> >> -- >> Ira Weiny >> Math Programmer/Computer Scientist >> Lawrence Livermore National Lab >> 925-423-8008 >> wei...@llnl.gov >> > >
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