[openib-general] [PATCH] osm: trivial fixes for compilation on windows

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

On 14:53 Mon 27 Nov     , Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> 
> What I always wonder about, is why did opensm invent its own formats
> for keeping stuff on disk? Couldn't XML or some other standard be used
> for this purpose?

Specifically for SA DB file some db format would be better (Berkely DB
or so) - this allows to do incremental updates rather than rewrite whole
file.

But in general it is right question. However I don't have good answer -
I don't know any suitable "standard" stuff for this.

And XML does not seem to be de-facto globally standard (in some areas
it is, so if I will need to think about web interface or so, XML could
be good option). OTOH it is harder to read and write than "plain" text
file (for me as for user it is not big fun to edit files like
/etc/fonts/fonts.conf).

Sasha