<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
</font><font size=2><tt>"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@mellanox.co.il>
wrote on 04/10/2006 11:49:16 AM:<br>
<br>
> Quoting r. Shirley Ma <xma@us.ibm.com>:<br>
> > > > I meant the IPoIB destructor work around patch for
kernel less<br>
> than 2.6.17.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > This has been discussed here:<br>
> > > http://openib.org/pipermail/openib-general/2006-April/019563.html<br>
> > ><br>
> > > > It is in 2.6.17-rc1 already?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Yes.<br>
> > <br>
> > I have checked 2.6.17-rc1. I couldn't see the above patch <br>
> (ipoib_all_neigh_list_lock) there.<br>
> <br>
> Oh, I see. Its not needed on 2.6.17. What's there is<br>
> commit c5ecd62c25400a3c6856e009f84257d5bd03f03b<br>
> <br>
> More to the point - does IPoIB still crash for you in 2.6.17-rc1?<br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> MST<br>
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>I haven't tested 2.6.17-rc1 yet. </tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>The problem is we need to run most recent ipoib on
the old kernel.</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>Which is the reason we need this workaround patch
to be upper stream</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>or as a part of kernel patch for RC2 release.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>When do you think this workaround patch is to be upper
stream?</tt></font>
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Thanks<br>
Shirley Ma<br>
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Phone(Fax): (503) 578-7638</font>