[openib-general] Re: ipoib and core patches for 2.6.17

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Roland Dreier <rdreier at cisco.com>:
> Subject: Re: ipoib and core patches for 2.6.17
> 
>     Michael> Yes but only because ipoib_flush_wq_1.patch adds a
>     Michael> parameter to dev_down, so the conflict is trivial to
>     Michael> resolve. Can you apply it by hand or do you want to wait
>     Michael> for me to do it next week?
> 
> I can fix the conflict with no problem.
> 
> But now that I think about it, without ipoib_flush_wq_1.patch, there's
> no way for work on that workqueue to bring the device back up.  So I
> don't think applying ipoib_flush_wq_2.patch makes sense without the
> previous patch -- in fact, they really shouldn't be separate patches,
> since #2 is just fixing a problem introduced by #1.
> 
>  - R.

OK, I'll look into this next week.

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Michael S. Tsirkin
Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies