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

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Wed Oct 11 14:08:37 PDT 2006


    Eitan> 1 that you know about. Others did not make it into the
    Eitan> kernel but are quite productive to those running them.

What are those others?

    Eitan> Changing top API for ULPs and Clients is simpler to
    Eitan> implement but provide wrong tradeoff for functionality that
    Eitan> can be implemented under the hood - not burdening the rest
    Eitan> of the world with a constant flux of API changes.

Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt is an interesting read.

 - R.




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