[openib-general] Proposed device enumeration & async event APIs
Roland Dreier
roland at topspin.com
Fri Sep 10 19:25:04 PDT 2004
Fab> Great! I didn't see a way for a client to associate a
Fab> context or some such thing with a device when the device is
Fab> added. I would think this would be beneficial in order to
Fab> avoid requiring clients to search a list for a matching
Fab> device. I'm suggesting something like this:
Hmm... it's an interesting idea but as far as I can see it just hides
the linear search in the access layer. It feels to me like it ends up
making the code more complicated for a pretty nominal gain.
- Roland
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