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

[Eitan Zahavi]

> 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 ?
[EZ] Yes - this is the access layer for win-ib ...
> 
> > > >  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.
[EZ] It is not impossible - just does not make sense to me. If you port the
applications to OSMV you get the porting to Gen1/OpenIB/WinIB/IBMgtSim for
free.
> 
> -- Hal
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