FW: [openib-general] Minutes from DAPL BOF at OpenIB Workshop

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 09:43:07AM -0800, Tom Duffy wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 10:38 -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> > we're back into the "we did a spec, so the code can't change" loop. 
> > burn the spec in your fireplace or wood stove
> 
> Fair enough, the spec isn't a gold standard.  But, let's not burn the
> baby as well.  Why don't we clean up the code and see where it gets us?
> Incremental changes to a working implementation seem far more palatable
> than slash-and-burn.

Maybe you should lay down the requirement first.

 - why do we need an intermediate API
 - what differences does it
 - what devices does it abstract
 - what are the users