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Subject: RE: Upcoming libibverbs release
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> > > But, even if you didn't have this, this would just follow the same
> > release
> > procedure
> > > that is used by the kernel.
> >
> > What do you mean?
> 
> You don't have individual releases for the kernel drivers.  They all just get
grouped
> into the next kernel release.
>

Yes, and packaging all this into one libuberverbs is fine, as  long as we can do
point/bug fix releases as needed when individual providers have key fixes they
need pushed into distros...

> FWIW, libfabric uses a single repo, and actually builds the providers directly
into the
> library.  That model has been working fine, and the benefits far away the
negatives.
> I think the concern here is being overstated





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