I'd like to replace IBAL by WinVerbs, but as far as I remember, it doesn't cover all IBAL functionality so far. (multicast ?) And what about starting to replace kernel IBAL by WinVerbs ? Are there any plans ?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Hefty [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:14 PM > To: Smith, Stan; Leonid Keller; 'James Yang'; Tzachi Dar; ofw_list > Subject: RE: [ofw] API breakage in trunk > > >Yes - an application recompile is required but do we really > understand > >how 'many' applications are impacted? (< 10, > 10) ??? Are the app > >developers willing to recompile? has anyone asked them? > > What matters are the number of *end-users* using applications > that no longer work and whether they can upgrade/buy/deploy > new applications. Whether an application can be recompiled > is a separate issue. > > >Leonid makes a good point w.r.t. the lack of versioning and vendor > >specific data. > >Perhaps the versioning, Vendor specific issues and array > issues can all > >be 'corrected' in the same API change? > > Sure - let's call that API change 'Winverbs' > > _______________________________________________ ofw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ofw
