Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Hefty, Sean" <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH v3 01/28] IB/Verbs: Implement new callback query_transport() | Date | Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:29:31 +0000 |
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> libibverbs also exposes transport at the device level. Isn't a change to > make transport per port rather than per device needed there as well to > be consistent with these proposed kernel changes ? If so, would the > additional IBoE transport be exposed ? We also need to worry about > backward compatibility for existing applications.
Libibverbs probably can't change without bumping the major version number. If the kernel attribute structures change, this is probably something that the user_verbs module would need to handle to avoid breaking the ABI.
- Sean
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