On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 09:59, Roland Dreier wrote: > Greg> The main issue is that if you create a sysfs file like this, > Greg> and then in 3 months realize that you need to change one of > Greg> those characters to be something else, you are in big > Greg> trouble... > > I think that PortInfo and NodeInfo might be fair game for sysfs files, > because they are actually defined in the IB spec with a binary format > that is sent on the wire. So they're not going to change.
Not true; There have been and likely will be more upward compatible changes (especially to PortInfo). -- Hal > > On the other hand it's not clear to me why using that wire protocol as > an interface to userspace is a good idea... > > - R. > _______________________________________________ > openib-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > > To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
