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

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

SRP is included already in OFED-4.8 as a part of linux-4.8 kernel and I 
don't see any reason to include SRP code twice.
If some bug fixes have to be added there then there is a specific place 
in compat-rdma git tree for the relevant patches.
If somebody is interested to add an additional SRP standalone package 
then please send me the relevant patches for compat-rdma/ofed_scripts 
and build git trees.

Regards,
Vladimir


On 06/20/2017 09:01 PM, Davis, Arlin R wrote:
> 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
>> To: vlad at dev.mellanox.co.il; rsdance at soft-forge.com; Davis, Arlin R
>> <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
>> Cc: ewg at lists.openfabrics.org; cfernandes at ddn.com; mdavis at ddn.com
>> 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.