From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265736AbUBFSwN (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:52:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265694AbUBFSwM (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:52:12 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:19899 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265719AbUBFSv7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:51:59 -0500 Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 10:51:32 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "Hefty, Sean" Cc: Troy Benjegerdes , infiniband-general@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Infiniband-general] Getting an Infiniband access layer in theLinux kernel Message-ID: <20040206185132.GG32116@kroah.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 08:42:14AM -0800, Hefty, Sean wrote: > > We want to continue to discuss specific details about what's needed to > add the code into the kernel. Here's a list of modifications that I > think are needed so far: > > * Update the code to make direct calls for atomic operations. > * Verify the use of spinlock calls. Does this include "remove shim around spinlock calls"? You should just call the kernel functions and not try to wrap them. > * Reformat the code for tab spacing and curly brace usage. > * Elimination of typedefs. All of these are great things to start with. thanks, greg k-h