[openfabrics-ewg] [PATCH] ehca: ehca_main.c for OFED-1.1-rc5

[Hoang-Nam Nguyen]

Hi,
> Is 2.6.16 the yellowdog?
No. I meant actually SLES10.

> BTW, please note RH is now 3 platforms (U2,U3,U4). These are
significantly
> different kernel dialects, we test them all and you really must at least
build test
> on all of these before you ask us to enable ehca there.
We'll support U4 only. Yes, I'll do the test before sending the patch.

> Well, RC6 is Wed and final should be next week Tue.
> If I see the small patches as we discussed by tomorrow and they look
safe,
> we could integrate conditionally for when ehca is enabled, I guess,
although I
> still have qualms - people tend to do build/all, just in case. I'm
looking for
> something to mitigate the risk of touching DMA macros used all over the
code.
That's pretty fair. Now it's my turn to provide you with a "good" patch by
tomorrow morning.

>
> Would it OK with you if build-all has ehca disabled, and user must
> enable it separately?
That's ok as ehca is preview tech for OFED-1.1.

> I agree that hvcall patch is harmless, I did not realize this was
> the only patch for 2.6.16. I'll put it in, and ask Vlad to enable ehca
> on ppc on 2.6.16.
Thanks!

Nam Nguyen