[openib-general] idea for ofed 1 2 kernel file structure

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Mon Feb 5 10:42:46 PST 2007


> Quoting akepner at sgi.com <akepner at sgi.com>:
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] idea for ofed 1 2 kernel file structure
> 
> On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > I looked a current ofed 1.2 kernel tree and there is 1 thing I dislike:
> > It is hard to see changes that are specific to OFED since we have whole
> > kernel history mixed in.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> >
> > It would easy to split OFED specific files In separate directory and
> > have OFED scripts combine that with upstream kernel.
> >
> > All out of tree modules we distribute would go there too.
> > What do others think about this?
> >
> 
> I like that idea very much.

Could you address Roland's proposal as well?

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Arthur

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MST




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