[ewg] OFED 5.3 backporting updates ??

[Davis, Arlin R]

> I'm not sure if the backports for vmware driver can get into OFED 5.3.
> I have already sent them upstream but most likely won't be added until Linux
> 5.5. These also require an updated rdma-core repository.
> So, it's possible that a rdma-core release with those patches may not be
> ready until 5.5RC1 (a few weeks away).
> 
> Or can we include backports to rdma-core in OFED now too?
> 

Are you saying these changes will require ABI changes to rdma_core?