On Jan 8, 2016, at 1:15 PM, Hefty, Sean <[email protected]> wrote: > > As a discussion item for the next ofiwg, the topic has come up (again) about > supporting other operating systems, specifically Windows and Solaris.
I would imagine that supporting Solaris with the configury/build/sockets providers wouldn't be too difficult...? I don't know much about Windows to comment on it. > At least two development teams have asked about support outside of Linux. > The desire is to code only to libfabric, with it dealing with differences in > the underlying interfaces. This is partially driven by the socket provider > support inside libfabric, which allows for applications to remove their > support for sockets. > > This in turn is driving the need for the sockets provider to focus on > performance and scalability, rather than just functionality, which was the > original goal. Is it worth forking the sockets provider -- one for "simple" correctness (and not performance), and another optimized provider for sockets? -- Jeff Squyres [email protected] For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/ _______________________________________________ ofiwg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/mailman/listinfo/ofiwg
