[openib-general] IBM eHCA Device Driver for gen1 IB stack

[Troy Benjegerdes]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 09:44:45AM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote:
>     > Hi, we've just released the first linux device driver for
>     > the IBM eServer HCA for Power5.  It's gen1 based and runs
>     > on SLES9 SP1.  Main testvehicle for this code was IPoIB.
> 
>     > gen2 and full userspace support will be next.
> 
> Excellent, I'm glad to see this released.  I'm looking forward to
> seeing the gen2 support.
> 
> If I may make a small suggestion for future releases: please have the
> tar file contain a top-level directory like ehca-0021, with everything
> contained in that directory.  It's a little annoying to unpack a tar
> file and have it spread 5 files in your working directory, especially
> when some have generic names like "INSTALL" or "patches."

What will it take to get the Gen2 support into the openib.org subversion
tree?

How much is the low-level driver likely to change once it's written and
working?