[openib-general] [PATCH 0/6] Tranport Neutral Verbs Proposal.

[Greg Lindahl]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 09:52:48AM -0500, Steve Wise wrote:

> rdma_* is more descriptive than something like ofv_* or of_* in my
> opinion.  I would think the prefix should help describe the
> functionality being implemented:  Transport Neutral RDMA. 

Some functions are RDMA. Others are not. If all are called RDMA,
that's misleading.

For example, in IB, there is send/receive as well as RDMA. ULPs often
use send/receive for short messages.

I wouldn't know anything about the non-IB parts of Open Fabrics, but
I would bet that there is non-RDMA functionality in them.

The common concept is messaging, not RDMA.

-- greg