[ewg] Re: [PATCH 0/5 VNIC] VNIC patch series for OFED-1.2 andOFED-1.2.c

[Lakshmanan, Madhu]

> From: ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org
[mailto:ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of
> Michael S. Tsirkin
> To: Kuchimanchi, Ramachandra
> Cc: vlad at mellanox.co.il; ewg at lists.openfabrics.org
> Subject: [ewg] Re: [PATCH 0/5 VNIC] VNIC patch series for OFED-1.2
andOFED-1.2.c
> 
> > > > So far, the definition of 1.2.c was "1.2 plus bugfixes plus
connectx
> > > > support".
> > >
> > > I am not entirely clear about this 1.2.c = 1.2.1 thing.
> > > This is my understanding, please correct me if I am wrong -
OFED-1.2 is the
> > > official OFED release, OFED-1.2.c is a parallel line of
development to
> > > support Connect X which has been recently made available through a
GIT tree
> > > on the OFED server. I presume, this OFED-1.2.c would ultimately
merge into
> > > the OFED-1.2 line of development to become the OFED-1.3 release.
> 
> Here's how I understand it:
> 
> 1.2 should not see any development - it's a major bugfix only branch.
> 1.2.c is 1.2 code updated to kernel 2.6.22 plus bugfixes.
> 1.3 is 1.2.c updated to latest kernel (currently 2.6.23) plus new
features.
> 
> --
> MST

Thanks for the clarification, which I take to be the official EWG
position. If I recall correctly, the decision to do away with a 1.2.1
release, and go with only a 1.2.c release, was made only a few days ago.


In addition to the support for the ipath device and the EVIC (next
generation Ethernet Virtual I/O Controller), these patches also fix bugs
that we discovered when testing with the OFED 1.2.c releases and the
ConnectX HCA.

We have been testing the VNIC driver with the OFED 1.2.c ConnectX
release since OFED 1.2.c-6; i.e prior to the decision to abandon the
1.2.1 release. We'd prefer to submit these patches as a set, rather than
reworking them so that only bug fixes are submitted. At what stage of
the release cycle are we with respect to OFED 1.2.c? If it is too late
to accept these patches as is, then I guess we have no alternative but
to submit them for OFED 1.3.

Madhu