>       1. Remove ibstat and use ibv_devinfo instead
>       2. Change ibstat to obtain the fdr10 information using ibverbs
>       3. Move the is_fdr10 functionality into OS specific files or code
> sections of ibstat
>       4. Change ibstat to obtain fdr10 data using MADs or some other OS
> independent mechanism
>       5. Change ibumad so that it provides the fdr10 data
>         Note: umad has OS dependent implementation anyway, but the windows
> umad would
>               depend on the data being available from ibverbs
>       6. ???
> 
>       Can someone explain why the information can't come from the
> umad_port::rate field?
> 
> 
> Because fdr10 is non standard, there's no rate for this; it overloads QDR
> based rates as both are 10 Gbps but have different link encodings.

Ok, then for choices 6-8:

6. Have ibstat just report the rate without specifying the link encoding
7. Use umad_port:rate to encode the rate, link encoding, inter-packet delay, 
etc.
   (I'm only partially kidding here.)
8. Drop ibstat from windows.  Windows users will be directed to use ibv_devinfo.

Ira, what are your thoughts on this?
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