[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] ANNOUNCE ofed backports for 2.6.22 kernel bits

[Sean Hefty]

> But the proposal here was to have a bush of branches, all of which
> need to be merged at the same time. It's possible that some
> would merge and some would fail, leaving me in an inconsistent state,
> and no easy way to get back to where I started.

A fix could be applied to some kernels, but not others.  In fact, if a 
patch works for kernel X & Y, but has a conflict with kernel Z, then 
different patches are needed anyway.  I don't see the requirement to 
merge everything or even apply a fix to all kernels at the same time.

- Sean