From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "ira.weiny" Subject: Re: HFI1 code duplication todo Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 10:53:47 -0500 Message-ID: <20151121155346.GA3304@phlsvsds.ph.intel.com> References: <20151112211317.GB11252@phlsvsds.ph.intel.com> <20151119222319.GA17605@phlsvsds.ph.intel.com> <564F3F1C.4020508@redhat.com> <20151120222523.GX18797@mwanda> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151120222523.GX18797@mwanda> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Dan Carpenter Cc: Doug Ledford , linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, devel-gWbeCf7V1WCQmaza687I9mD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 01:25:23AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 10:41:16AM -0500, Doug Ledford wrote: > > So, as to the hfi1/qib/rxe transport library. The qib driver is in the > > rdma tree, and we aren't going to move it to staging just because it > > depends on something in staging, so we need to start adding the library > > in the core tree to avoid dependency issues. As for the hfi1 driver, > > I'm of the opinion that putting it in staging because of the code > > duplication issue was probably not the right thing to do. It's > > benefited from the extra eyes on it to help make it a better driver, but > > I think I'm ready to move it to the main RDMA tree and start working on > > it from there where there won't be any cross tree dependency issues. > > You could leave it staging but manage it from the same git tree. It > avoids the cross tree dependencies. This is what we do for > drivers/staging/media/, all that stuff goes through the linux-media > tree. My concern is that we tried this before and it did not work. https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-rdma%40vger.kernel.org/msg27842.html https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-rdma%40vger.kernel.org/msg27858.html Shall we try it again? Ira -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html