[openib-general] [libibcm] compilation of code that uses libibcm may fail

Sean Hefty sean.hefty at intel.com
Tue Aug 8 12:47:19 PDT 2006


>Guys, how about we start adding proper library prefixes to names?
>IBA really should name things IBA_..., CM should be CM_.. or IB_CM_...

Libibcm uses IB_CM_ in most places.  The exception is SIDR, which is IB_SIDR_.
IB_SIDR probably should have been IB_CM_SIDR (and is likely just an oversight),
but I don't see that IB_SIDR is that bad.

>If everyone insists on polluting the IB_ namespace conflicts are unavoidable.

I'm not trying to sound harsh here, but the IB CM definitions in ib_types.h seem
useless.  There's nothing that a user can do with them without an interface to
the CM, and I would need to be convinced that there's an application that uses
those definitions.

- Sean




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