[ofa-general] RFC: "mlx4" drivers for Mellanox ConnectX HCAs

[Jack Morgenstein]

On Monday 16 April 2007 00:30, Roland Dreier wrote:
> Yes, I have been using stgit to update the two patches in that branch
> rather than adding new commits.  So it seems that the patches keep the
> date they were created, although they have been updated quite a bit
> since then.
> 
a. How will I know whether or not I've got the most recent version with
   all your changes -- does the commit ID change, for example?

b. git fetch gives me problems, since the commits diverge -- my version
   of the connectx branch is not a strict descendent of yours with respect to
   the connectx changes, since the connectx commits themselves have changed.
   (I of course do not fetch directly into my working branch, but into
    an origin -- and this origin does not match the commits in your
    connectx branch).

c. I think we need to start working with regular commits, so that 
   each change can be documented, and git fetch/rebase can work smoothly.
> 
> And of course we still need to get write combining support in the core
> kernel to make blueflame work well.
> 
Tziporet has requested that I implement the write-combining support.
I'll be doing that first thing.

> Please let me know if you're starting to work on something so we don't
> duplicate effort.

In addition, I'll arrange the backports.

- Jack