Hi Tziporet, On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 11:01, Tziporet Koren wrote: > Hi Hal, > I was on Passover vacation so the reply was a little delayed. > Hope it still useful.
Thanks. > Tziporet > > >> Q: Is OFED development happening in the open? > > How can that be ? The 1.0 branch contains no kernel code. Where is the > > OFED kernel code kept ? > > > We take it from git that is targeted for next kernel release. Where is this tree ? Also, what about backports ? Are they part of OFED as well ? > > So there will never be a bug fixed on the 1.0 branch being merged back > > to the trunk ? For various components, the trunk has diverged and is > > ahead of the 1.0 branch. > > > > > We will create the needed fix for the branch in case the truck is > changed a lot. So there may be cases of merging fixes from 1.0 back to the trunk (which differs from what was written). > > Can someone explain the OFED location layout in the OF svn tree ? > > > Look under 1.0 branch for the ibed directory (ibed was the first name of > this release and we will need to change the directory name). > If things are not clear there please ask and we will provide more data. I see no such directory under 1.0. Can you provide more details ? > > How do discrepancies in the accepted patches between OF and OFED get > > resolved ? > > > > > We have fixes directory for patches that are critical for OFED and are > not yet accepted in the trunk. > The install script apply all patches when creating the RPMs. (this is > also correct for back-port patches) > Once a fix makes it to the trunk we take it from there. Is the process the same for userspace ? -- Hal _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
