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

[Davis, Arlin R]

Ok. Vlad, what would it take to get this backported version of SRP into OFED 4.8? 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bart Van Assche [mailto:Bart.VanAssche at wdc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 10:49 AM
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> <arlin.r.davis at intel.com>; Hanania, Amir <amir.hanania at intel.com>;
> Woodruff, Robert J <robert.j.woodruff at intel.com>; mschlining at ddn.com
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> Subject: Re: [ewg] [GIT PULL compat-rdma] qib for OFED 4.8
> 
> 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.