[openib-general] [PATCH v2 1/2] ofed_1_2 Changes to kernel_patches/ for ChelsioT3 Support.

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at mellanox.co.il>:
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ofed_1_2 Changes to kernel_patches/ for ChelsioT3 Support.
> 
> 
> > What if its already built in and export in the kernel we're trying to
> > load into?  Will this cause a load problem?  I was assuming it
> > would...that's why I changed the names.  Am I wrong?
> 
> BTW, if you want to change a definition of an existing symbol,
> you can use macro trick like the folowing (this is from
> ./2.6.9_U2/include/net/sock.h):
> 
> static inline
> void sock_init_data_new(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
> {
> 	        sock_init_data(sock, sk);
> 		        sk->sk_owner = THIS_MODULE;
> }
> 
> #define sock_init_data sock_init_data_new

Another final note: I am not sure it makes sense to try supporting
2.6.20 with CONFIG_GENERIC_ALLOCATOR turned off.
Distributions typically just enable everything so I think this won't
be a problem in practice.

What do you think?

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MST