On Feb 5, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > I think we should remove the feature of allowing binds to 127.0.0.1 > > altogether based on Jeff's arguments and my assertion that 127.0.0.1 is > > a sw-loopback mechanism anyway... > > I don't agree, the kernel should be free to provide a loop back > service any way it likes, and if that means using one of the HW
Ok, fine. Should we push back OFED 1.5.1 until Open MPI can get 1.4.2 out? I don't know when that will be. In short: you're breaking backward compatibility with zero warning. There is real software out there that will break if people upgrade their kernel/OFED/RDMA CM/whatever (e.g., Open MPI). Isn't this supposed to be the Enterprise distribution (meaning: stability)? (trying to keep the frustration out of my voice...) This is a terrible, terrible idea. How about this: back out the change for now. Give everyone time to upgrade. If nothing else, ***give those of us who are involved in this community*** time to upgrade. Then put the feature back in after adequate time has passed. -- Jeff Squyres <[email protected]> Cisco.com - http://www.cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
