Quoting r. Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: RE: librdmacm/ucma > > >- dependency on libsysfs > > I propose we don't get into this again. I know we have it in ibverbs > > but let's avoid for new code. > > > >- negative error codes > > I think this is kernel practice, in userspace we > > either set errno and return -1, or simply return > > positive error code: otherwise utilities like strerror > > do not work > > We can convert all negative error codes to positive.
That's OK. > >- abi versioning > > The RDMA_USER_CM_MAX_ABI_VERSION idea is broken - it makes it so that you > > are > > required to upgrade userspace to run on older kernels. > > Bailing out in userspace if the kernel is too new is not good - please > > remove this test. > > There is both a minor and major number. A given library should support > anything > between its known versions. Can you be more specific about the problem? The library now has min = 1 max = 2 this means that any ABI update in kernel will break userspace. People expect to be able to update kernel and keep old userspace. -- MST _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
