[openib-general] Re: umad abi 2 v 3 and multicast join failed

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Grant Grundler <iod00d at hp.com>:
> Subject: Re: umad abi 2 v 3 and multicast join failed
> 
> On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 09:07:25PM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote:
> > In general, given that kernels 2.6.11 and 2.6.12 are shipping with ABI
> > version 2, does it make sense to avoid problems like this by keeping
> > the old userspace code around and having the library decide at runtime
> > which ABI to use?
> 
> Only if you want to continue providing fixes for 2.6.11 and 2.6.12.
> It would be nice if someone put together a source snapshot that
> would work with those releases. But I'm not sure how to
> make that available to some random person who is using it.

Making a subversion branch could be one way to start.

Actually, it would be quite useful if whatever is submitted to mainline
is kept on some subversion branch, too.
Roland - would that disrupt your development process a lot?

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