Roland Dreier wrote:
> This comment is aligned with OFED development methodology.
> Regarding all kernel modules that are part of Linux: we first push the
> change to the kernel and base OFED on this code.
> We take kernel patches for bug fixes and portions that are targeted
> for the kernel inclusion.
> OFED does not come to be a bypass for the Linux kernel development process.
Right, I think we agree on things here. I just want to emphasize that
the best and easiest way to get things into OFED is to get them into
upstream sources. And I hope OFED maintainers will start to push back
on patch submissions to OFED that have not at least been submitted for
upstream inclusion.
Note that not that OFED 1.1 and 1.2 only include kernel drivers which
are not upstream, some of them (eg SDP, RDS) never passed any --review--
cycle at the relevant mailing lists (openib,netdev,lkml). Now, for OFED
1.3 there's a suggestion to add rNFS which was also never reviewed.
So "we agree on things here" but it does not happen, do people have
suggestions how to move forward?
Or.
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