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

Jason Gunthorpe
2010-06-16T17:02:35Z

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