I thought about this.It can be solved by loading ipv6 module before RDMA_CM by specifying modules dependencies in modprobe.conf file. At least this solution helps in the the case when administrator want IB, but not IPv6. On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 08:13 -0800, Roland Dreier wrote: > > After another investigation of this problem, I think that proposed > > solution is #ifdef as good for a first stage. IPv6 support is mandatory > > when we are talking about running linux in some organization. But, of > > course, the way how it implemented in IB stack should be changed. So on > > the second stage, I'd like drop out these "defines" and at the time of > > module initialization obtain addresses of IPv6 functions and in the case > > if they are present at the runtime, call them. It should be nice > > solution for RMDA_CM and IPoIB modules. > > I don't think this second stage sounds like a good idea. Suppose > someone loads the RDMA CM first, so it doesn't find the ipv6 functions, > and then later loads and configures ipv6. You'll end up in a situation > where trying to make an IPv6 connection fails spuriously. (And just the > ugliness of looking up function pointers isn't very nice either) > > - R. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
