[ewg] EWG/OFED meeting minutes for today (Dec 13, 2011)

[Steve Wise]

On 12/22/2011 02:26 PM, Edward Mascarenhas wrote:
>> There is a suggestion from Eduard from Qlogic to have the backports ad different branches and not as today.
>> He will start a mail thread on his suggestion.
>
> The attached file in pdf format has the proposal. It is also inlined in
> text below so its easier to comment on. The pdf has 2 diagrams which
> should make it easier to understand the changes that are proposed.
>
> Comments are welcome.
>
> - Edward

I like this approach.   I would also do the same thing with kernel_addons so that each branch is just a specific backport.

What are there any disadvantages to your proposal?

Did you get a chance to investigate the other backport projects from this thread?  https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/9/9/327

Steve.