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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Is intended that OFED 1.2 verbs library aren't binary backwards compatible ? In 1.2-rc4 libraries are still called :</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>/usr/lib/libibverbs.so.1<BR>/usr/lib/libibverbs.so.1.0.0<BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>/usr/lib64/libibverbs.so.1<BR>/usr/lib64/libibverbs.so.1.0.0</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Which is the same as in 1.0 and 1.1 and this indicates binary compatibility (at least to a naive user like myself).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>The problem though is that I have applications compiled with OFED 1.0 and 1.1 (those releases are binary compatible btw, as far as my testing goes) that hang when running on OFED 1.2...</FONT></P>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Some clarification on the policy would be nice. In my opinion, if they no longer are compatible (and a diff of verbs.h indicates that, changes in header structures) OFED 1.2 libraries should be named something else than .so.1.0.0</DIV></FONT>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Comments appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Cheers,</DIV></FONT>
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