[openib-general] RE: IBDM and IBMgtSim Proposal Comments

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 16:33, Eitan Zahavi wrote:
> > 
> > Have you looked at the umad and mad libraries ? These are not IBAL.
> [EZ] Yes I know. This is why they do not work on Windows IBAL.

Is it a requirement for them to work on Windows IBAL ? 

> > >  I think OpenSM vendor layer was proven to be adequate for this
> > > purpose.
> > 
> > and so have the umad and mad libraries used in the OpenIB Linux
> stack.
> [EZ] No they did not - the API they provide was never ported to any
> other AL particularly not Windows.

Are you saying there is something in those APIs where they couldn't be
ported to Windows ?

There is no reason the MAD and UMAD libraries couldn't be ported to
Windows.

-- Hal