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

[Steve Wise]

On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 11:27 -0700, Greg Lindahl wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 01:03:16PM -0500, Steve Wise wrote:
> 
> > I agree.  Plus we already have precedence for rdma_ with the RDMA CMA...
> 
> That's precedence about like "I used the term 'wimps' in a poster
> paper once, so now you should allow me to use 'wimps' in my
> Astrophysical Journal article."
> 
> True story. Weakly Interacting Massive Particles. Which in turn
> spawned MACHOs, MAssive Compact Halo Objects. Fun, but not the way to
> do software engineering.
> 
> Hint: did you ever hold a discussion as to whether or not that was the
> right transport-neutral name?
> 
> -- greg

You seem to be the only one objecting to rdma_ and/or rdmav_. 

I've listened to your arguments for why you think rdma is a bad name,
and I'm not convinced.  

This is an interface to RDMA transports...

Steve.