[openib-general] OpenSM/osm_log API: Use symbol versions rather than polluting namespace

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 12:10, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Quoting r. Hal Rosenstock <halr at voltaire.com>:
> > > > (which, as I understand it, is really only an issue because opensm can
> > > > log so much),
> > > > which is what this entire patch series was designed to
> > > > address.  They are two different problem spaces.
> > > 
> > > So ... wouldn't it be better to address the real issue?
> > > As I see it, the problem only appears if you activate opensm in the verbose
> > > mode. And the reason to run so for a long time is only if you suspect you'll
> > > want to debug something later, without killing opensm.
> > 
> > Those patches are still pending and won't be in OFED 1,1, right ?
> 
> Well, I donnu. If it's assumed reducing log size is important enough
> for 1.1, then maybe applying these patches are the way to go?

Right now these also involve an API change and that patch is being
reworked (so they couldn't possibly make OFED 1.1 rc4).

-- Hal