[ewg] [GIT PULL compat-rdma] qib for OFED 4.8

[Bart Van Assche]

Hello Arlin,

Adding a URL to the OFED README is not the same as including a version of the
ib_srp-backport driver in OFED. How can OFED users know what version of the
ib_srp-backport driver has been tested in combination with which OFED version?

Thanks,

Bart.

On Tue, 2017-06-20 at 17:18 +0000, Davis, Arlin R wrote:
> Marty,
> 
> Would this work for DDN? We could add the URL and the SRP backport readme to
> the OFED release notes. I believe you had an issue when applying the backport
> to SL 7.2 and OFED 4.8 RC4 but I think Bart fixed that already.
> 
> Thanks, Arlin
>  
> > Hello Arlin and Robert,
> > 
> > A backported version of the 4.11 ib_srp driver that already has been tested is
> > available at https://github.com/bvanassche/ib_srp-backport.
> > That driver builds fine against kernel.org kernels, RHEL/CentOS kernels,
> > openSuSE and SLES kernels and also against MOFED and OFED. Has it already
> > been considered to use that code base instead of duplicating the backporting
> > effort of the ib_srp driver?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Bart.