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

Steve Wise
2010-06-16T15:54:05Z

Moni Shoua wrote:
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>> It doesn't even look like this patch and the mlx4 patch were ever posted
>> to linux-rdma. Only to the EWG list.
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> Not 100% correct. See thread from April 30.
> Patches to core, libibverbs and NES driver were presented there.
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I'll go look, but I thought the NES stuff was for RAW_ETY qp types. Not
RAW_ETH...

>> 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.
>>
>> We should all follow this "upstream first" process IMO.
>>
>>
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