[Openib-windows] IB Diagnostics

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 15:27, Fab Tillier wrote:
> > From: Hal Rosenstock [mailto:halr at voltaire.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:13 PM
> > 
> > It is probably worth looking at what is required to port them to a
> > Windows environment. I can help with some of this although my Windows
> > internals knowledge is limited.
> 
> These run in user-mode, not kernel mode, right?

Right. They require an interface over QPs 0 and 1.

> > > Are those tests in flux still, or are they pretty much done and
> > > static?
> > 
> > There hasn't been any active development on them in a while. It's been
> > more maintenance (occasional bug fixes).
> 
> That's great, as it should minimize the impact of maintaining a parallel branch.
> 
> > If a parallel copy was to be made, it would be good to closely
> > coordinate changes so neither side misses a change but one needs to look
> > at whether these lend themselves to porting to Windows first.
> 
> I'll be happy to help however I can.  If these are in user-mode, take a look at
> the SOURCES file for other user-mode tests for guidance on how to set things up
> to build with the DDK.
> 
> I would suggest putting these under tests\al\user in the SVN repository.
> 
> If you could register as a contributor before beginning work, that would be
> great.  http://windows.openib.org/openib/contribute.aspx.  Let me know if that
> page gives you trouble.

Although I would like to, I don't have the time to actually do the port.

-- Hal