[openib-general] [RFC] [PATCH 2/7] ib_multicast 2.6.20: add ib_multicast module to track join requests from the same port

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz at voltaire.com>:
> > Let's see it get some use before switching a basic component over.
> 
> This porting relies on Sean's work to allow for joining/leaving "IP 
> Multicast" mcast groups from user space. And anyway, when you expose 
> something to user space, you might not "see" the usage as it can be not 
> an open source one.

I don't know whether a single closd-source application shows something
is useful. Anyway, you don't need code upstream just to do development.
Pushing userspace-interfacing code upstream before there are actual users
leads to ABI instability and other such issues.

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MST