[openib-general] Re: updated TODO list

[Roland Dreier]

    Roland> - Implement API for SA path record and MC group queries

    Sean> I spent a couple of days trying to define a basic query API
    Sean> for inclusion in the access layer, but eventually stopped.
    Sean> With the current MAD API, the benefits of having a generic
    Sean> query API (where the user specifies the method, attribute
    Sean> ID, attribute offset, and attribute) didn't seem worth it.
    Sean> It's easy enough for the user to just format a MAD with this
    Sean> information and send it.

Yeah, I wasn't really talking about a generic query API.  I was just
talking about encapsulating the details of marshalling all the fields
of eg. a path record query and then parsing the response.  (And
similarly for MCMemberRecords)

 - Roland