On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 10:53:05AM +0300, Jack Morgenstein wrote: > These additions would include the new ibv_cmd_xxx functions > (the core functions reside in src/cmd.c), and new, additional, enum values of > the form IBV_USER_VERBS_CMD_XXXX, of which the core enum is in file > include/infiniband/kern_abi.h.
I believe the only case where using an extension would make sense if it if can be implemented entirely within the low level driver. So you can't add new ibv_cmd calls to ibverbs, must duplicate them in your driver, etc. I'm a little unclear on how the application is going to get the access enums and other structure definitions, though.. I suppose the low level driver can install a .h file as well. > Each new third-party package would need such a library. While this > will lead to a multiplicity of new libraries (one per addition), the > core libibverbs package would remain as is. I definitely don't want to see this.. Jason -- 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
