[ofa-general] What is the purpose of libosmvendor?

[Mike Heinz]

Reviewing the OFED stack, it appears that the appropriate method for user applications to access fabric information such as path records and port guids - but the name of the library itself leaves me a little nonplussed, rather than access to fabric information, it sounds like it's meant to provide a proprietary interface to the SM.

Is this correct? Is there documentation for the library itself (beyond the sample applications)?

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Michael Heinz
Principal Engineer, Qlogic Corporation
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania