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<TITLE>RE: IBDM and IBMgtSim Proposal Comments</TITLE>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 16:33, Eitan Zahavi wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > Have you looked at the umad and mad libraries ? These are not IBAL.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > [EZ] Yes I know. This is why they do not work on Windows IBAL.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Is it a requirement for them to work on Windows IBAL ?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>[EZ] Yes - this is the access layer for win-ib ...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > > I think OpenSM vendor layer was proven to be adequate for this</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > > purpose.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > > and so have the umad and mad libraries used in the OpenIB Linux</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > stack.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > [EZ] No they did not - the API they provide was never ported to any</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > other AL particularly not Windows.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Are you saying there is something in those APIs where they couldn't be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ported to Windows ?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> There is no reason the MAD and UMAD libraries couldn't be ported to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Windows.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>[EZ] It is not impossible - just does not make sense to me. If you port the applications to OSMV you get the porting to Gen1/OpenIB/WinIB/IBMgtSim for free.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> -- Hal</FONT>
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