[openib-general] [PATCH] kDAPL: cleanup dat/ a bit more

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:13:25AM -0700, Caitlin Bestler wrote:
> Customers are using insmod to load DAPL Providers today, and
> then using the registry to find them. That applies to both IB and
> iWARP providers. The need for the registry reduces with each
> step, but it doesn't instantly vanish and there should be a
> transition plan.

Just because you can do something technically it doesn't mean we
care.

Caitlin, you have schown continuing ignorance of how linux kernel
development works, cpould you please shut up or try to get informed?

> The transition plan might be as simple as *not* exporting
> the dat_ia_openv symbol outside of the kernel until the

The dat_ia_openv API as-is doesn't have the slightest chance of
getting anywhere near the mainline tree.