Re: libmlx4 and libmlx5 git trees? Who is handling those?

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

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 05:28:20PM +0000, Woodruff, Robert J wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Sep 2015, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> 
> > Right. Its really nasty when you are trying to add features that require libibverbs and libmlx? changes. Plus it may depend on kernel changes.
> 
> On the other hand, combining everything into one package limits the
> ability of the maintainer of the individual components to release
> packages with simple bug fixes or enhancements that are component
> specific and don't require kernel core or libibverbs changes. Thus,
> they would have to wait till a new combined package gets released
> and makes the maintainer of that package the bottleneck for getting
> new code out.

That is certainly the minority of work these days, by my observation.

Nearly everything is being driven by kernel side changes now and
requires cross-library work.

Or it is maintenance activity, which is so hard now (I've done a few
patches over the years) it isn't worth doing unless it is really
important.

Jason
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