On Jun 5, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Jason Gunthorpe <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> I won't say never, but this is what people want. Bumping the soname is
> seen as too difficult now.

Gotcha.  

Ok, so my patch is a non-starter.

>>> Thoughts:
>>> - 1024 and 3 both mean 1024, the library must accept both values,
>>>  it should only ever return 3 though.
>> 
>> Why?  If the caller can pass in 1024, it seems like 1024 should be
>> able to be passed out, too.
> 
> If the caller passes in 1024 then it is probably OK to return 1024,
> but you have to keep track of that specially. That seems more complex
> than just always returning 3. 3 is guarenteed compatible with all
> users.
> 
> Old users will test directly against 3.
> New users will call ibv_from_mtu which tests against 3 as well.


Ok.

I'll take a to-do to work up a new patch -- probably not until next week.

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