[openib-general] Re: RDMA Generic Connection Management

[Guy German]

On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 14:21 -0700, Sean Hefty wrote:
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > How is this different from what we have with ib_verbs now?
> With ib_verbs, users receive notification of device addition/removal. 
> This interface doesn't require receiving that notification.

Why should it be part of the interface ?

> This opens up the possibility for a user to receive a reference to a 
> device that they may not have received previous notification for. 
> Similarly, the device could have been removed before the call returned, 
> making the pointer invalid.

I don't understand the difference between handling a device
received in cma_get_device and device received in ib_client.add ...

Guy