From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757995AbXJLNHk (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:07:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757259AbXJLNHW (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:07:22 -0400 Received: from sj-iport-3-in.cisco.com ([171.71.176.72]:57717 "EHLO sj-iport-3.cisco.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757068AbXJLNHT (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:07:19 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,267,1188802800"; d="scan'208";a="534340258" To: David Miller Cc: jeff@garzik.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, general@lists.openfabrics.org Subject: Re: [ofa-general] Re: [GIT PULL] please pull infiniband.git for-linus X-Message-Flag: Warning: May contain useful information References: <20071011.181719.78707713.davem@davemloft.net> <20071011.193634.48801952.davem@davemloft.net> From: Roland Dreier Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:07:18 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) XEmacs/21.4.20 (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Oct 2007 13:07:18.0468 (UTC) FILETIME=[D1533040:01C80CD0] Authentication-Results: sj-dkim-1; header.From=rdreier@cisco.com; dkim=pass ( sig from cisco.com/sjdkim1004 verified; ); Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > I'm not sure what you mean. During the 2.6.23 cycle I've been sending > > any patches that potentially could conflict with the net-2.6 tree to > > you and Jeff so that you can merge them upstream via your tree. Or do > > you mean Jeff should become the maintainer of drivers/infiniband?? > > Not the maintainer, I'm just saying you should gateway > your patches through him. What value do you see in that? It just seems like it creates more work for Jeff and gives no benefit over the current status quo. - R.