[openib-general] Re: user-mode verbs on Itanium

[Roland Dreier]

    Grant> hrm...I'm using r2229 for userspace...and looks like r2225
    Grant> for kernel. Let me sync up and report back again.

Hmm... those two revs don't seem to have any ABI changes between
them.  If it's still breaking, can you send me the output from running
the test with "strace -ewrite=all"?

    Grant> That's fine until this openib.org code gets into
    Grant> kernel.org.  For developement you can break it as much as
    Grant> you need to.

    Grant> However, it's painful for distro's every time some ABI in
    Grant> kernel.org breaks....they won't throw rotten tomatoes at
    Grant> you at OLS or LWE 2006 if you don't break the ABI more than
    Grant> once a year.  :^)

Understood -- once this code is merged then I'll be much more careful.

 - R.