[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH RFC] opensm/event_plugin: plugin API version 2

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

On 06:37 Wed 02 Jul     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> 
> Because exposing all the data structures, etc. is way more granular (all
> the socalled opaque objects are no longer opaque) than a library API.
> It's a totally different magnitude IMO.

This is what I said. Having "structured" API could lead to an issues
similar to what we saw with libosmcomp.

> > > This is related to what I wrote below about the OpenFabrics licensing
> > > requirements. The idea is if GPL licensing were to be allowed (perhaps
> > > only in some limited context), then there could be two different
> > > packages: dual and GPL. In that way plugins would be more assured of
> > > being compatible with each other and OpenSM.
> > 
> > I would prefer to separate packages by its functionality and not due to
> > licensing issues. 
> 
> Right, licensed based packages do put all related functionality in a
> similar bucket (management) but is that the basis to make such a
> decision ?

Which decisions? I'm not following.

Sasha