From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266852AbUBEV1P (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:27:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266881AbUBEV1P (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:27:15 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:20153 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266852AbUBEV1K (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:27:10 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:27:03 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "Tillier, Fabian" Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" , sean.hefty@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hozer@hozed.org, woody@co.intel.com, bill.magro@intel.com, woody@jf.intel.com, infiniband-general@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Infiniband-general] Getting an Infiniband access layer in theLinux kernel Message-ID: <20040205212703.GA15718@kroah.com> References: <08628CA53C6CBA4ABAFB9E808A5214CB01DB96CF@mercury.infiniconsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <08628CA53C6CBA4ABAFB9E808A5214CB01DB96CF@mercury.infiniconsys.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 03:32:09PM -0500, Tillier, Fabian wrote: > So which is more important to the "Linux kernel" project: i386 backwards > compatibility, or consistent API and functionality across processor > architectures? ;) Anyway, why not describe what you are trying to accomplish that made you determine that you _had_ to have these kinds of functions. Basically, what is lacking in the current kernel locks that the infiniband project has to have in order to work properly. We can work from there. thanks, greg k-h