Re: [ewg] [PATCH v4] IB Core: RAW ETH support

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>]

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 09:09:59AM -0500, Steve Wise wrote:

> Granted our dev process may not be documented, but I always assumed the 
> general idea was to get changes accepted upstream, then pull into ofed. 
> OFED is just a mechanism to make top-of-tree linux work on distro 
> kernels. There are some exceptions, but this stuff shouldn't be an 
> exception.

That is what many people wish for, me included, but it is not at all
what generally happens :(

In my observation the typical flow is:
 - A patch is written, it may or may not be sent to the list
 - 'business drivers' get it slammed into OFED right away
 - A patch is finally sent for proper review
 - It is not merged, there are comments..
 - Interest in doing anything is lost because it is already in
   OFED and that is all that matters, right?
 - People complain.

For instance, the iWarp thingy we were just discussing fits this
process rather well.

Jason
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