[openib-general] Proposed device enumeration & async event APIs

Roland Dreier roland at topspin.com
Fri Sep 10 19:25:04 PDT 2004


    Fab> Great!  I didn't see a way for a client to associate a
    Fab> context or some such thing with a device when the device is
    Fab> added.  I would think this would be beneficial in order to
    Fab> avoid requiring clients to search a list for a matching
    Fab> device.  I'm suggesting something like this:

Hmm... it's an interesting idea but as far as I can see it just hides
the linear search in the access layer.  It feels to me like it ends up
making the code more complicated for a pretty nominal gain.

 - Roland



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