[ofw] typical values for ci_umv_buf_t

Sean Hefty sean.hefty at intel.com
Tue Mar 18 10:43:41 PDT 2008


>There would need to be a way for the UVP to figure out which device to open a
>file handle on, a mechanism that today does not exist.  If it opens a new file
>on the IBAL device, it needs to also associate it with the existing open
>context, again something that's internal to IBAL.

I'm not suggesting changes to IBAL.  The v1 pre/post calls would still exist.

>This does lay the foundation for having the HCA driver manage its own IOCTLs,
>though allows IBAL to own the logic of where the file object should be created
>which I think you want.

Yes - though any real work to do this, like exchanging the file handle if
needed, is delayed until someone spends the time to figure things out.

- Sean




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