[Users] Request for Discussion: MI and FIFO

[Bogdan-Andrei Iancu]

Hi everybody,

are any other opinions on this matter? otherwise I will proceed with 
removing the old FIFO implementation.

regards,
bogdan

Klaus Darilion wrote:

> IMO dropping old FIFO now is fine.
>
> regards
> klaus
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> Bogdan-Andrei Iancu wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> with the adding of asynchronous reply feature in MI and MI_FIFO 
>> implementation, the transition to MI was completed - all former FIFO 
>> functions (old implementation) were ported to MI. Also all FIFO 
>> capabilities were also ported to the new MI_FIFO module.
>>
>> so, currently there are two FIFO implementations:
>>    - the old one, directly in core.
>>    - the new one, based on MI interface.
>>
>> the old implementation is obsolete (all external management will be 
>> done via MI) , so, at some point, it will be removed from OpenSER in 
>> order to maintain consistency and avoid confusion between the two 
>> implementations (as they are equivalent from user point of view - at 
>> the moment, at least).
>>
>> my question is when to drop the old implementation? my personal 
>> preference will be do doing ASAP as :
>>    1) no functionality is lost
>>    2) avoid confusion among users and the explanation overhead
>>    3) it will force the testing of the new FIFO and MI 
>> implementation, which will shorter the way to a stable form.
>>
>> I would like to know also some other opinions.
>>
>> regards,
>> bogdan
>>
>>
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