[openib-general] [PATCH 0/6] osm: QoS policy parser

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

On 10:46 Sun 21 Jan     , Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
> Hi Sasha.
> 
> Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> > Hi Yevgeny,
> > 
> > On 17:01 Wed 17 Jan     , Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
> >> Hi Hal
> >>
> >> The following series of six patches implements QoS policy file parser:
> >>
> >> 1. QoS parser Lex file
> >> 2. QoS parser Lex-generated c file
> >> 3. QoS parser grammar (Yacc) file
> >> 4. QoS parser Yacc-generated grammar c and h file
> >> 5. QoS parser header file that defines parse tree data structures 
> >> 6. Changes in makefiles and configure.in file for compiling QoS parser files
> > 
> > Is there any description of proposed format and functionality?
> 
> The parser is based on QoS RFC sent by Eitan in May 2006, with a few
> minor modifications. You can find the RFC here:
> http://openib.org/pipermail/openib-general/2006-May/022336.html

This was RFC and couple of issues were discussed then. Now you are about
implementation phase and exact format description would be desired. For
example what "few minor modifications" are?

> > Also what about using human readable formats?
> 
> To me the xml-like format in the RFC looks pretty readable.
> It has very limited number of keywords (tags), so it's easy 
> to follow and/or to modify.

It is your opinion, not everybody will agree with it (AFAIR this was
discussed too during RFC).

I would not be care, but I don't know any example of really successful
XML using for configuration purposes (especially where advanced graphical
config editors/viewers were not used). Do you know?

Sasha