[ewg] Re: ofed_kernel merged with 2.6.24-rc1 patches update required

Steve Wise swise at opengridcomputing.com
Mon Oct 29 10:24:58 PDT 2007



Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote:
> Hello,
> There is a new branch "ofed_kernel_2_6_24_rc1" under 
> git://git.openfabrics.org/ofed_1_3/linux-2.6.git
> 
> All patches from kernel_patches/fixes that were applied in 2.6.24-rc1 
> were removed from kernel_patches/fixes directory.
> The "problematic" patches from kernel_patches/fixes were moved to the 
> kernel_patches/attic directory.
> 
> Backport patches and fixes should be updated according to the new kernel 
> tree.
> The easy way to do so is using "ofed_scripts/ofed_makedist.sh" utility 
> which creates tgz file for every supported kernel with all relevant 
> patches applied.
> 

Vlad,  have you done any builds against the various kernels?  What 
exactly should I, as cxgb3 owner, do with this branch other than verify 
the patches are correct?

Steve.



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