[openib-general] Re: Re: OpenIb 1.0 release components

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting Moni Levy <monil at voltaire.com>:
> > > I would like to add another point also. It looks like that in this
> > > round of the major distribution releases they will just not be able to
> > > include the 1.0 release due to time constraints, so the only way to
> > > use 1.0 release (or newer) will be to replace them in the kernel.
> > >
> > > Moni
> >
> > I dont really understand this last point. What do you mean when you say
> > "replace them in kernel"? Replace what?
> 
> Is there an option that the distros would like to get more stable code
> that is not in kernel.org (yet) ?

There's always pressure on distros to ship stuff that's not upstream yet.
The IB driver stack is still in its early stages, so the unfortunate fact is
that lots of things that people want to use are not upstream and are not ready
to go upstream yet.

We are all working on merging things upstream as fast as possible,
so there is no need to bypass the kernel review/testing process.
In this way the in-kernel version will become stable.

Most importantly as I see it, the focus for the release should be
the userspace components, testing them against mainline and possibly
other kernels.

-- 
Michael S. Tsirkin
Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies