On 3/1/06, Caitlin Bestler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Aren't attach_mcast and detach_mcast also ib-specific? > > > > Only until transport neutral unreliable datagrams are defined, > or to be precise when transport neutral QP-centric unreliable > datagrams are defined (SOCK_DGRAM is quite arguably an existing > transport neutral unreliable datagram API). > > But that leads to an interesting point. When something *might* > become transport neutral, do we leave it in a transport neutral > location, or put it in a transport specific location on the > theory that the eventual transport neutral definition might > be somehow slightly different?
My preference is to put thing in transport specific locations until there's a transport neutral version in the neutral location. This is the same reason we don't add features that aren't needed by any ULP. - Fab _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
