[openib-general] [PATCH] kDAPL: remove DAT_UINT32 and DAT_UINT64

[Tom Duffy]

On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 14:25 -0700, Caitlin Bestler wrote:
> One of the strengths of dapltest is that it allows peer-to-peer
> testing across dissimiliar platforms. I can run a peer-to-peer
> test between Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.6, or between PPC and
> x86, or between Linux and BSD.
> 
> Even more to the point, it allows peer-to-peer testing between
> uDAPL clients and kDAPL clients.
> 
> And it accomplishes all of that while still letting its linux
> kernel version be a loadable kernel module with GPL licensing.
> 
> But forking the code to rewrite it under linux kernel standards
> means that it will eventually be hard to state that you are
> running the same application in all of the target environments.
> It will also make it hard to have the overwhelming majority of
> the code be applicable to both user and kernel modes (which
> Steve and James did a very admirable job of on the sourceforge
> version).
> 
> Making a Linux native DAPL is one thing, but there are reasons
> for dapltest code to be OS neutral other than minimizing coding
> and maintenance efforts.

sorry, but it will be necessary to fork kDAPL for inclusion in the Linux
kernel.

-tduffy
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <http://lists.openfabrics.org/pipermail/general/attachments/20050505/4a7c3479/attachment.sig>