James Carlson writes:
 > Thus I think your (non-exclusive) choices come down to:
 > 
 >      - Tell the designer of that interface (I'm not that guy) that
 >           you need a stable interface.  Demand one.

I (and others) have been clamoring for a stable GLDv3 interface for
years on this list.   I expect to die in my bed of old age before
I see it.

 >      - Use some other interface that works and is stable (such as
 >           GLDv2 or DLPI in this case).

That would be an attractive solution if GLDv2 was still maintained.
But it is treated as an obsolete 2nd class citizen.  New features
(such as LSO) are not backported to it.

 >      - Contribute to the effort by offering to work out the kinks
 >           (changing the code if necessary) to make this a supportable
 >           interface.
 > 
 >      - Go ahead with hackery, and let your users sort out the
 >           shrapnel.

I'm actually tempted to do this, which is why I requested the
header file be shipped with the kernel.


Drew
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