ibv_open_device - text
#include <infiniband/verbs.h> struct ibv_context *ibv_open_device(struct ibv_device *device); int ibv_close_device(struct ibv_context *context);
Libibverbs Programmer's Manual IBV_OPEN_DEVICE(3)
NAME
ibv_open_device, ibv_close_device - open and close an RDMA device con-
text
SYNOPSIS
#include <infiniband/verbs.h>
struct ibv_context *ibv_open_device(struct ibv_device *device);
int ibv_close_device(struct ibv_context *context);
DESCRIPTION
ibv_open_device() opens the device device and creates a context for
further use.
ibv_close_device() closes the device context context.
RETURN VALUE
ibv_open_device() returns a pointer to the allocated device context, or
NULL if the request fails.
ibv_close_device() returns 0 on success, -1 on failure.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-----------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Availability | network/open-fabrics |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through volatile |
+---------------+-----------------------+
NOTES
ibv_close_device() does not release all the resources allocated using
context context. To avoid resource leaks, the user should release all
associated resources before closing a context.
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from ['https://www.openfabrics.org/down-
loads/ibutils/ibutils-1.5.7-0.2.gbd7e502.tar.gz', 'https://www.openfab-
rics.org/downloads/libibverbs/libibverbs-1.1.8.tar.gz',
'https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/libmlx4/libmlx4-1.0.6.tar.gz',
'https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/libsdp/lib-
sdp-1.1.108-0.15.gd7fdb72.tar.gz', 'https://www.openfabrics.org/down-
loads/management/infiniband-diags-1.6.5.tar.gz', 'https://www.openfab-
rics.org/downloads/management/libibmad-1.3.12.tar.gz',
'https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/management/libibu-
mad-1.3.10.2.tar.gz', 'https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/manage-
ment/opensm-3.3.19.tar.gz', 'https://www.openfabrics.org/down-
loads/perftest/perftest-1.3.0-0.42.gf350d3d.tar.gz', 'https://www.open-
fabrics.org/downloads/qperf/qperf-0.4.9.tar.gz', 'https://www.openfab-
rics.org/downloads/rdmacm/librdmacm-1.0.21.tar.gz', 'https://www.open-
fabrics.org/downloads/rds-tools/rds-tools-2.0.4.tar.gz'].
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.openfabrics.org/.
SEE ALSO
ibv_get_device_list(3), ibv_query_device(3), ibv_query_port(3),
ibv_query_gid(3), ibv_query_pkey(3)
AUTHORS
Dotan Barak <dotanba@gmail.com>
libibverbs 2006-10-31 IBV_OPEN_DEVICE(3)