On 2/24/06, Michael S. Tsirkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Moni Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > While this might be a good idea for modules such as iSER > > > > which are not currently part of the mainline kernel tree, > > > > it is in my opinion clearly not a good idea to replace the > > > > modules which *are* distributed with the mainline kernel. > > > > > > I agree, for the most part. > > > > > > What I have in mind for non-upstream kernel support is this: > > > > > > * We have to ship out-of-tree drivers, simply because there's only > > > one driver in the upstream kernel, and the others are not yet > > > ready for submission. > > > * Some kernel components are clearly not contenders for shipping. > > > One example is kdapl, because it appears to be dead due to > > > upstream veto. > > > * Others might be reasonable, if they (a) see some testing and (b) > > > don't intrusively patch the core kernel. I'm thinking here > > > about iSER and, to a lesser extent, SDP. > > > > I would like to add another point also. It looks like that in this > > round of the major distribution releases they will just not be able to > > include the 1.0 release due to time constraints, so the only way to > > use 1.0 release (or newer) will be to replace them in the kernel. > > > > Moni > > I dont really understand this last point. What do you mean when you say > "replace them in kernel"? Replace what?
Is there an option that the distros would like to get more stable code that is not in kernel.org (yet) ? > > I understand it why you might want to add out of kernel modules such as iSER. > My point is they must work with core components included in kernel, not > with core out of the svn tree. Now I understand. > > I gather Brian here agrees. > > -- > Michael S. Tsirkin > Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies > _______________________________________________ > openib-general mailing list > openib-general@openib.org > http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > > To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general >
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