[openfabrics-ewg] Re: Updated ipath patches in OFED tree

[Tziporet Koren]

Betsy Zeller wrote:
> Tziporet - Bryan's patches from ofed: gen2/1.0-branch/1.0/ofed/patches
> are intended to be applied against the InfiniPath source you built for
> OFED RC5, rather than against Roland's git tree. Because 2.6.17 was very
> close to releasing, there were some InfiniPath patches Roland preferred
> to defer to 2.6.18. Consequently, there are patches in OFED RC5 which
> aren't in Roland's git tree. The patches Bryan placed in 
> ofed: gen2/1.0-branch/1.0/ofed/patches depend on those patches, and so
> will need to be applied against your OFED RC5 tree.
>
> Please let me know if this approach works for you.
>
> Thanks, Betsy
>
>
>   
I must take latest git since there are important bug fixes there. 
Eventually when kernel 2.6.17 will be out, we will work directly from 
sources of kernel.org. 

Our build process  is as follows :

   1. Take code from git (2.6.17)
   2. Apply fixes patches
   3. Apply back-port patches (according to relevant OS) 

 
I  communicated with with Bryan  via e-mail before his vacation and I 
understood that that for RC6 he would  update the backport patches 
according to the latest git tree (Roland inserted many ipath patches 
last Wednesday).   Evidently, there was a  misunderstanding here.
I  therefore removed all ipath patches from ofed /patches for now  (so 
that we can continue our development and testing) . 
 
Please fix the  patches ASAP. Before resubmitting the ipath patches, 
please verify that they apply properly (using the build.sh script). 
 
We  will be on vacation on Thursday (Shavuot), and therefore we won't be 
taking any further action on this matter until Sunday; due to 
the shortness of time remaining until the OFED release, I suggest that 
you try to fix the patches by Friday afternoon.


Tziporet