[openib-general] ibv_get_device_list() question

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Tue Jan 2 21:03:04 PST 2007


> > Failing that, is <device_name> guaranteed to be the same across
> > reboots, and/or the info returned by ibv_get_device_info() guaranteed  
> > to be in the same order?  (I suppose that I can use
> 
> Linux has a history of changing PCI discovery order from kernel
> version to kernel version so without something enforcing order it
> shouldn't be relied upon..

Hotplug and catastrophic events could also change the naming.

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MST




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