[ewg] Question: When should patches be submitted to EWG and when should they be submitted to linux-rdma?

[Mike Heinz]

My preference for bug fixes is that they be applied so that they go into the upstream kernel - assuming they don't require EWG-only changes. But I need to understand the correlation between the two source trees - if you accept a bug fix for the upstream kernel, will that end up in OFED as well, or do I need to submit the patch to both groups? 

-----Original Message-----
From: Roland Dreier [mailto:rdreier at cisco.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:50 PM
To: Mike Heinz
Cc: Openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
Subject: Re: [ewg] Question: When should patches be submitted to EWG and when should they be submitted to linux-rdma?

 > The subject says it all. If I have a patch that can be applied
 > against either the current OFED git repository or against the
 > upstream kernel - where do I post it?

What do you want to happen to the patch?  If you want it applied to the
upstream kernel, then send it to me and linux-rdma.  If you want it
applied to an OFED tree, send it to ewg.
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