[openib-general] Minutes for January 15, 2007 teleconference about OFED 1.2 development progress toward code freeze
Tang, Changqing
changquing.tang at hp.com
Tue Jan 16 14:12:55 PST 2007
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> [mailto:openib-general-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Roland Dreier
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:11 PM
> To: Tziporet Koren
> Cc: EWG; OPENIB
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] Minutes for January 15, 2007
> teleconference about OFED 1.2 development progress toward code freeze
>
> > * libibverbs 1.1: (from Roland)
> > o Fork support - done
Roland:
To what extent Fork is supported ? Is this a complete solution
that any style fork() code should work, or do we still need some sync
between parent and child so that child won't touch pinned page before
call exec() ?
Thank you.
--CQ
> > o Minor ABI extensions for new low-level drivers - done
> > o Better low-level driver handling, including
> multiple drivers
> > linked in statically - done
> > o Dropped from OFED 1.2:
> > + Memory windows
>
> OK, I was planning on postponing them until libibverbs 1.2.
>
> > + Reregister memory region (incl. extend without
> > unregister...)
>
> I will include the basic API but no implementation for this
> so that we have a chance at including it in a future release
> of libibverbs 1.1 without breaking API or ABI.
>
> > + libibverbs 1.0 to be included as well
>
> I believe I have a way to make libibverbs 1.1
> binary-compatible with applications (but not drivers) built
> against libibverbs 1.0. So it will probably not be necessary
> to include libibverbs 1.0.
>
> - R.
>
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