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List:       linux-rdma
Subject:    Re: rdma-core 12 breaks libibverbs ABI
From:       Christoph Hellwig <hch () infradead ! org>
Date:       2017-01-31 20:37:58
Message-ID: 20170131203758.GB32458 () infradead ! org
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 06:37:58PM +0000, Coulter, Susan K wrote:
> This is happening now - not in the future.
> LANL and other DOE labs already have OPA and IB/mlnx on the same host.

And have setups with up to three different providers :)

But the whole point is that the new rdma-core setup gives us a sane
way to handle this:  patch your rdma-core tree with whatever vendor
updates you need, same as the kernel.  The current model where vendors
supply a new libibverbs that has all kinds of incompatible hacks is
simply not sustainable.
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