[ewg] SLES11 backport issue for NFSRDMA

[Jon Mason]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 10:04:07AM +0200, Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote:
> Jon Mason wrote:
>> I backported NFSRDMA against the kernel that shipped with SLES11, with
>> is linux-2.6.27.19-5.  Novell has released multiple kernel updates since
>> shipping SLES11.  Unfortunately, one of these releases contains a patch
>> which redefines a structure used by NFS.  Normally I would #ifdef the
>> new definitions based on the kernel version, but the kernel version it
>> changes on is linux-2.6.27.25-0.1 and KERNEL_VERSION only takes the
>> first 3 parameters (thus ignoring EXTRAVERSION).  Is there a way to work
>> around this issue?
>>
>> Vlad, Tziporet thought you might be able to provide some insight.
>>
>> For more information, checkout bug 1822.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jon
>
> Hi Jon,
> I think you should create new backport directory based on 2.6.27_sles11
> under kernel_patches/fixes and kernel_patches/backport.
> E.g. "2.6.27_sles11_25" if the change required starting from linux-2.6.27.25-0.1.
> Then update ofed_scripts/get_backport_dir.sh.

Thanks Vlad!  I've created a patch and attached it to bug 1822.  Once I
get the ack that it works, I'll send you a request to pull.

Thanks,
Jon

>
> Regards,
> Vladimir