[openib-general] [RFC] [PATCH 3/7] ibrdmaverbs hdr files

[Roland Dreier]

    James> Long term, I don't think it makes sense having two
    James> libraries with the exact same functionality, but different
    James> function names.  Replacing ibv_ with rdma_ would be ideal,
    James> but disruptive to current users. Could you provide a
    James> backwards compatibility header (one that mapped each ibv_
    James> function to its equivalent rdma_ function)?

Agreed.  I think that the way forward is to provide a libibverbs
release that has both rdma_ and ibv_ prefixed identifiers, and also
provides both <infiniband/verbs.h> and <rdma/verbs.h> headers, etc.
Then in the next major libibverbs release, the ibv_ versions of
identifiers can be deprecated, and finally removed in the next major
release (which could be renamed to librdmaverbs).

Following that route is something that I've been meaning to work on,
and I'd be happy to accept patches in that direction.  But a big bang
approach that breaks the world is not a good idea I don't think.

 - R.