[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 4/5] infiniband-diags/libibnetdisc: Introduce a context object.

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

On 20:43 Thu 13 Aug     , Ira Weiny wrote:
> 
> From: Ira Weiny <weiny2 at llnl.gov>
> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:16:01 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] infiniband-diags/libibnetdisc: Introduce a context object.
> 
> 	This object must be created before query functions can be used and is
> 	used to control the functionality of the queries.

Why is it needed? I see that it complicates API, but what is a benefits?

Sasha