[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] sockaddr_ll change for IPoIB interface

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 23:52, Tom Duffy wrote:
> On Aug 11, 2005, at 2:38 PM, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > Can anyone think of another approach to do this and keep backward
> > compatibility ?
> 
> Do we need backward compatibility?  

I'm not sure but I think this was a recommendation from Roland. It
certainly would be better if we could. I don't know whether this is a
requirement of the solution or not or just desirable.

> How about the stuff that includes  
> if_packet.h gets rebuilt?  You are adding to the end of the struct,  
> after all.

If one can assume the applications are rebuilt, I think that makes life
easier as the IPoIB specific checks can be removed. I think that was the
primary technical objection (aside from the mechanical one).

-- Hal