[openib-general] [PATCH] RFC Verbs: add support for transport specific verbs

[Caitlin Bestler]

openib-general-bounces at openib.org wrote:
> Sean Hefty wrote:
>> Add support for transport specific extensions to the ib_device verbs.
>> Relocate process_mad as an IB specific verb.
>> 
>> This provides a mechanism to add iWarp specific functionality, such
>> as the iWarp CM calls, to ib_device.
> 
> Third proposal from Fab:
> 
> struct rdma_device {
> 	most everything
> };
> 
> struct ib_device {
> 	struct rdma_device dev;
> 	IB specific operations;
> };
> 
> Of course, this is a much larger change.
> 
When I first looked at making ib_verbs.h iWARP friendly
that was one of my preferred long term solutions, but I
was worried about the impact of such a global reference
restructuring.

It's nice, but do we really want to edit that many files
all at once? And if we do, should it wait until after 1.0?