Sean, I think it was agreed a long time ago on OpenIB to have duplicated definitions for some of the ib_xxx things. The specific issue here is that the one in the gen2 user libraries/verbs is different from the one which OpenSM uses. If they both were the same, this would work, right ? -- Hal
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Sean Hefty Sent: Mon 8/14/2006 5:15 PM To: Michael S. Tsirkin Cc: openib-general@openib.org Subject: Re: [openib-general] Conflicting typedefs for "ib_gid_t" Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > There are not that many "common IB types". verbs and management for example > are more or less isolated. CM users mostly don't care about SMPs. etc. > What's common? GID? It does not seem worth it for a "free format 16 byte > network > endianness" type. Verbs and management are not isolated. Establishing a connection, joining a multicast group, or acquiring a path record are essential for actually using verbs correctly. > I don't necessary see a problem with what we have. Such defines mirror IB > spec > so are static and there is no overhead maintaining them. And this simplifies > dependencies no end - think about testing tens of dependent libraries > for breakage just 'cause you removed an used line in this > "included by everyone" header. Having umad_gid, ibv_gid, ibv_sa_gid, mad_gid, cm_gid, some_other_random_library_gid is goofy. (Sorry, I'm completely ranting now.) > Hmm. User might not have uverbs even loaded, so adding verbs as a dependency > to e.g. SM seems like a bad idea. We only need the include file, not the library. > opensm really tries to be stack-agnostic, so it does need its own > layer for things. Then those things should be completely internal to opensm. - Sean _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list openib-general@openib.org http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list openib-general@openib.org http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
