On 11.10.2005 [23:15:27 -0400], Hal Rosenstock wrote: > Hi again Nish, > > On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 21:39, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > > > > > Update arp_recv functions to latest 2.6.14 netdevice.h API for struct > > > > > packet_type > > > > > > > > Sorry for the delay, I haven't yet had time to test the patches :/ I'll > > > > try to get to it tonight or tomorrow. > > > > > > > > Is there anyway you can send me patches against the kernel tree as > > > > opposed to the svn repo? It makes my side of things *a lot* easier, as > > > > right now I have to take your patch against svn and either hand-edit or > > > > patch my checkout and then diff against the current kernel tree. > > > > > > Since you were reporting iSER, AT, and SDP compile warnings/errors, > > > aren't you using the latest OpenIB svn tree with 2.6.14-rc3 ? > > > > Yes; but you have to understand that the automated build system I have > > access to 1) does not have external internet access (i.e., to the svn > > tree) and 2) only builds kernels unless I manually send commands to the > > terminal. > > > > So, the way I'm doing things is: > > > > Send in 4 jobs for mainline (x86 and ppc64 with =y and =m) and then > > generate a patch of the latest svn tree against the current -git release > > (a patch to the kernel) and send it in as a parameter to my builds to > > test the latest svn tree. This leads to another 4 jobs (x86 and ppc64 > > with =y and =m). > > > > I'm *only* doing kernel build testing right now. > > > > > Which patches are you referring to ? Was it the fib_frontend.c one ? > > > Not sure why they would need any manual fixup. At least that one was > > > pretty straightforward. > > > > In the sense that I have to edit them to kernel relative paths, not in > > the content of the patch. To test any patch in the system I have access > > to, it needs to be a normal kernel patch (-p1 applicable to the base > > tree). > > > > Going through and manually applying patches to the svn tree and then > > regenerating the diff completely defeats the purpose of automated > > compilation testing. > > OK. Do you need any patches regenerated or is this more for the future ?
If you could regen the patches, that would definitely speed things up for me, but I can handle these few, it's not a big deal. Definitely, in the future, it makes it an almost instantaneous build test if I have the kernel-relative patch. Thanks, Nish _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
