Re: [ewg] libibumad.so version bump in OFED 1.5.2

2010-07-14 Thread Todd Rimmer
Is there a way to accomplish this feature without an ABI change? Or should ABI altering features be only included in Major releases (such as OFED 1.6?) I urged about ABI change on the list when this patch was posted. And I don't think that we can change the version back. Since 1.5.2 is

Re: [ewg] libibumad.so version bump in OFED 1.5.2

2010-07-13 Thread Sasha Khapyorsky
On 12:58 Wed 07 Jul , Todd Rimmer wrote: Is there a way to accomplish this feature without an ABI change? Or should ABI altering features be only included in Major releases (such as OFED 1.6?) I urged about ABI change on the list when this patch was posted. And I don't think that we can

Re: [ewg] libibumad.so version bump in OFED 1.5.2

2010-07-07 Thread Sasha Khapyorsky
Hi Todd, On 06:48 Tue 06 Jul , Todd Rimmer wrote: I recently discovered that 3rd party applications built for OFED 1.5 will not run on OFED 1.5.2rc2. The issue I found was that libibumad had changed from version 2 to version 3. Can you provide insight as to why this change was made?

Re: [ewg] libibumad.so version bump in OFED 1.5.2

2010-07-07 Thread Todd Rimmer
Is there a way to accomplish this feature without an ABI change? Or should ABI altering features be only included in Major releases (such as OFED 1.6?) Keep in mind, that ABI changes mean that 3rd parties must rebuild and re-release their applications. While this isn't so bad for OFED itself

[ewg] libibumad.so version bump in OFED 1.5.2

2010-07-06 Thread Todd Rimmer
I recently discovered that 3rd party applications built for OFED 1.5 will not run on OFED 1.5.2rc2. The issue I found was that libibumad had changed from version 2 to version 3. Can you provide insight as to why this change was made? In reviewing the source code and change logs there do not