[ewg] [PULL][OFED 3.18] 7.1 compat patches for OFED BZ 2531

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

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From: ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Marciniszyn, Mike
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 5:36 PM
To: Vladimir Sokolovsky
Cc: ewg at lists.openfabrics.org
Subject: Re: [ewg] [PULL][OFED 3.18] 7.1 compat patches for OFED BZ 2531

>> > It would seem to me that using the base kernel version is the best approach...
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> 
>> Hi Mike,
>> In general, you are right, but in this case compat implementation is 
>> the same as kernel's one.
>> 
>
> Will that always be the case in the future?
>
> Mike

Hi Mike,
Yes, for the case where compat's implementation matches kernel's implementation.
For other cases autotools (rdma.m4) approach will be used.

Regards,
Vladimir