From: Leon Romanovsky <leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Jason Gunthorpe
<jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Yishai Hadas
<yishaih-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>,
Doug Ledford <dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
linux-rdma <linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Yishai Hadas <yishaih-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
Matan Barak <matanb-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
Majd Dibbiny <majd-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
"talal-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org"
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Subject: Re: Upcoming libibverbs release
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 08:02:46 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160628050246.GB3584@leon.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160627181758.GD23540-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 12:17:58PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> Doug and I have both stated we don't want to see so many
> single-provider APIs and churn in libibverbs. This was designed to be
> a generic API that all providers can implement.
>
> The responsibility falls on you to make sure that it works
> universally. Compat is one option.
>
> This is also why it is necessary to get the other provider authors to
> say this works on their hardware, because they *all* ultimately have
> to implement it.
>
> I don't think many people realize this yet.
>
Jason,
You are over-estimating the number of other providers who are
interesting in libibverbs in 2014-2016.
According to git log [1] in these years, I see only one major
contributor to this library.
[1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/libs/infiniband/libibverbs.git/log/
Thanks
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2016-06-23 16:51 Upcoming libibverbs release Doug Ledford
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2016-06-24 11:50 ` Yishai Hadas
2016-06-26 16:54 ` Yishai Hadas
[not found] ` <4ec1d8e6-a908-bb49-a137-415856ec6faa-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-27 18:17 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160627181758.GD23540-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-28 5:02 ` Leon Romanovsky [this message]
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2016-06-28 15:52 ` Knut Omang
[not found] ` <1467129133.8638.75.camel-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-28 16:22 ` Leon Romanovsky
2016-06-28 16:20 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160628162028.GA27518-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-28 17:05 ` Leon Romanovsky
[not found] ` <20160628170549.GE3584-2ukJVAZIZ/Y@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-28 19:12 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-28 21:14 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160628211441.GA5786-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-28 21:26 ` Hefty, Sean
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2016-06-29 5:19 ` Leon Romanovsky
[not found] ` <20160629051956.GG3584-2ukJVAZIZ/Y@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 18:30 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160629183042.GC17031-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-30 18:17 ` Liran Liss
[not found] ` <HE1PR05MB14189E07EE8EE458E0CCD4DAB1240-eBadYZ65MZ87O8BmmlM1zNqRiQSDpxhJvxpqHgZTriW3zl9H0oFU5g@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-30 19:07 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-07-19 19:57 ` Doug Ledford
[not found] ` <babed655-b61f-e97b-2351-b1ea6692b18d-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-19 20:09 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-06-28 21:18 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160628211858.GB5786-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 5:15 ` Leon Romanovsky
[not found] ` <20160629051507.GF3584-2ukJVAZIZ/Y@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 17:07 ` Knut Omang
[not found] ` <1467220072.8638.166.camel-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 18:59 ` Yishai Hadas
2016-06-29 12:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20160629120920.GA24151-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 18:34 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160629183414.GD17031-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 18:46 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 18:57 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160629185757.GA17839-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 19:15 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 19:21 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB06699A-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 19:25 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 20:34 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB0669F5-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 20:44 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 20:54 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 21:40 ` Doug Ledford
[not found] ` <1d03eaca-142a-3912-badf-aa9b14f6b2f6-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 22:03 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 19:27 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160629192730.GA18394-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 20:40 ` Doug Ledford
2016-06-28 13:26 ` Yishai Hadas
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