From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Christie Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3 2.6.29] cxgb3i -- driver fixes & updates Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:56:30 -0600 Message-ID: <493D43AE.8090404@cs.wisc.edu> References: <200812070709.mB779a5T020861@localhost.localdomain> <20081206.235356.237924993.davem@davemloft.net> <8A71B368A89016469F72CD08050AD334D7136A@maui.asicdesigners.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sabe.cs.wisc.edu ([128.105.6.20]:34852 "EHLO sabe.cs.wisc.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752060AbYLHP4n (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:56:43 -0500 In-Reply-To: <8A71B368A89016469F72CD08050AD334D7136A@maui.asicdesigners.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Karen Xie Cc: David Miller , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, open-iscsi@googlegroups.com, James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com Karen Xie wrote: > Hi, Dave & Mike, > > I guess I need some clarification on how this driver code could be merged. > I think you want to send a patch with the entire driver like you were before. Do not send against my branch so James and others do not have to dig around in there. > The cxgb3i driver addition consists of 2 parts: > > 1. the new cxgb3i driver. It resides under drivers/scsi, this part has the dependency on the open-iscsi core changes I referred in the previous email. I was under the impression this goes into scsi-misc? > > 2. some iscsi related changes in cxgb3 driver (driver/net). This part does not have any dependency. Dave, I suppose this part goes into net-next? If so, this does not need Mike's patch at all. > There is no dependency with network stuff right (just the cxgb3 driver which is upstream already)? If so I think it would be easier to just send the driver through James. > Thanks a lot. > Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Miller [mailto:davem@davemloft.net] > Sent: Sat 12/6/2008 11:53 PM > To: Karen Xie > Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; open-iscsi@googlegroups.com; michaelc@cs.wisc.edu; James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com > Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3 2.6.29] cxgb3i -- driver fixes & updates > > From: Karen Xie > Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 23:09:36 -0800 > >> It is based on the cxgb3i branch of Mike's linux-2.6-iscsi tree. It needs the >> patch Mike sent several days ago on preparing the iscsi core libary for pdu >> offload (http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=122819956917473). > > If this dependency exists I probably can't pull this into the > net-next-2.6 then, just FYI but you probably already understand > this :-) >