Since this is the last field in the structure. Old application does not know it and will not use it, how will it create problem for them? Any example?
Thanks, James -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Hefty Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 8:37 AM To: 'Tzachi Dar'; 'ofw_list' Subject: Re: [ofw] API breakage in trunk >Why is this such a big problem? You're kidding, right? >This is a new release and we can ask for application to be recompiled. No - we can't ask applications to just be recompiled. This assumes that the user has the ability to recompile, application release cycles are tied to OFA release cycles, and the user has the ability to move their application forward. When you upgrade from one version of Windows to another, do you automatically buy all new applications? >I'm quite sure that a similar solution was created for Linux. IBoE has not been accepted upstream or into the official user space libraries. Linux allows kernel interfaces to change between releases. User space APIs and ABIs absolutely try to avoid breaking existing applications. This change affects user space applications. _______________________________________________ ofw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ofw _______________________________________________ ofw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ofw
