[ofw] API breakage in trunk

[Leonid Keller]

I'd like to replace IBAL by WinVerbs, but as far as I remember, it doesn't cover all IBAL functionality so far.
(multicast ?)
And what about starting to replace kernel IBAL by WinVerbs ?
Are there any plans ?
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Hefty [mailto:sean.hefty at intel.com] 
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:14 PM
> To: Smith, Stan; Leonid Keller; 'James Yang'; Tzachi Dar; ofw_list
> Subject: RE: [ofw] API breakage in trunk
> 
> >Yes - an application recompile is required but do we really 
> understand 
> >how 'many' applications are impacted? (< 10, > 10) ??? Are the app 
> >developers willing to recompile? has anyone asked them?
> 
> What matters are the number of *end-users* using applications 
> that no longer work and whether they can upgrade/buy/deploy 
> new applications.  Whether an application can be recompiled 
> is a separate issue.
> 
> >Leonid makes a good point w.r.t. the lack of versioning and vendor 
> >specific data.
> >Perhaps the versioning, Vendor specific issues and array 
> issues can all 
> >be 'corrected' in the same API change?
> 
> Sure - let's call that API change 'Winverbs'
> 
>