[openib-general] sdp code in trunk

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 11:35, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Hello!
> I have replaced the SDP code on trunk with new, much smaller code base,
> based on CMA. Note that only bcopy mode is supported.
> The old sdp code has been moved to
> https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/sdp_historic

Isn't the usual way to first put out an RFC indicating you intend on
doing this to solicit feedback as others may be using/depending on the
trunk version ?

> Please note that smaller LOC count does not mean less bugs yet - in fact, while
> the CMA code (mostly sdp_cma.c) is ready and works well for me, the data
> transfer part is in active development, and I'm aware of several race
> condition/data corruption issues which prevent it from being generally useful
> just yet, and which I am in the process of addressing.

Just wondering what the rush was to replace the existing trunk code with
some less capable and more buggy ? Should this have waited until that
was not the case ?

-- Hal