[ofa-general] [PATCH] libibumad: Add sysfs_*() functions to libibumad.map
Sean Hefty
sean.hefty at intel.com
Tue Dec 30 20:46:27 PST 2008
>>>> + sys_read_gid;
>>>> + sys_read_guid;
>>>> + sys_read_string;
>>>> + sys_read_uint;
>>>> + sys_read_uint64;
>>>> local: *;
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why expose these?
>>>
>>> - Sean
>>>
>>
>>These functions are used by srptools.
>
>Please don't expose them. We're trying to port the IB diags and other MAD code
>to Windows. This is adding OS specific routines to the lowest layer. What
>values does srptools actually need?
There's also this helper function in libibverbs that may be usable instead:
int ibv_read_sysfs_file(const char *dir, const char *file,
char *buf, size_t size);
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