Thanks Don and Jarod !
My area of responsibility is Multi Queue/RSS.
The first thing that popped up with the in tree kernel is that the RSS
configuration doesn't take place in modprobe.conf and the driver refuses to
load if sees an invalid options line.
I see it as a major disadvantage to the driver and I would like to discover
the other differences as soon as possble.
Thanks,
Tal
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 7:44 PM, Jarod Wilson <ja...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 04:41:12PM +0300, Tal Abudi wrote:
> > Hi
> > I have a fairly basic question.
> > What are the key differences between out of tree (sourceforge) and
> in-tree
> > drivers (Rehat 7.2) ?
> > I'm asking about igb/ixgbe/i40e driver.
>
> They're similar but different beasts. For Red Hat, the authoritative
> source from which driver updates originate is Linus' kernel tree (or
> intermediately, Dave Miller's net trees). I'm not 100% certain on how the
> sourceforge drivers are maintained -- i.e., not sure if code goes there
> before Linus/Dave's trees, or only once it's in those trees, but it aims
> to be a universal "builds across tons of kernel versions" set of drivers,
> up-to-date with the latest hardware support and features, most of which
> Red Hat typically wouldn't provide between point releases. As in, Red Hat
> won't do new hardware or feature enablement for 7.2 update kernels, that
> sort of thing would be expected to land in 7.3 instead. Otherwise, the two
> should be reasonably similar to one another and to upstream. Some specific
> features may differ based on core kernel functionality though. Was there
> anything in particular of concern?
>
> --
> Jarod Wilson
> ja...@redhat.com
>
>
--
Best regards,
Tal Abudi
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