[openib-general] rdma_cm branch

Sean Hefty sean.hefty at intel.com
Wed Oct 4 10:00:01 PDT 2006


>> The ideal fix for this is to include rdma_conn_param as part of the
>> rdma_cm_event.
>
>BTW, wouldn't it be cleaner to just pass it up in the request event?

Yes - this is what I meant by including it in the rdma_cm_event structure.

>> However, this breaks every userspace app that's been coded to
>> OFED / SVN.
>> An alternative is to add another call to retrieve the data, but
>> that's not a very clean alternative for new kernel submission.
>
>Another alternative is to version the create ID call.

Hmm... I need to think about the implementation of this more, but this sounds
like a possibility.  Can you provide any details on how you're envisioning this
working?

- Sean




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