[openib-general] rdma_cm branch

[Steve Wise]

On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 10:00 -0700, Sean Hefty wrote:
> >> 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
> 

Guys, I must be confused.  I thought the private data _was_ passed up in
the ESTABLISHED event on the active side.  We have tools in the
perftools directory that utilize this.   What am I missing here?

Thanks,

Steve.