[openib-general] makiing ibverb.h transport neutral -- 2nd draft

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Wed Jul 13 08:11:16 PDT 2005


On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:48:05AM -0400, James Lentini wrote:
> 
> Why do the transport dependent include files, iwarp_verbs.h and 
> ibonly_verbs.h, include the generic include file, rdma_verbs.h?

Because they are using types from rdma_verbs.h, and thus need to include
it to compile without includinging other files first.

> This 
> will require consumer code to be aware of the different iwarp and ib 
> verbs.

If that code uses verbs specific to either iWarp or IB: yes.




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