[openib-general] [ANNOUNCE][PATCH] Backport patch for 2.6.9 kernel

[Grant Grundler]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 04:21:52PM -0700, Bob Woodruff wrote:
> My current thinking was to provide one patch that contained all of
> the InfiniBand code that was released in a specific kernel.org release
> that also contained the changes for the backport.
> That way, the user would only have to apply one patch to do the backport.

I agree that's more convenient for users, but harder to maintain
and review. I don't expect that many people to apply this kind
of patch to a RH release which they bought support for. It will
basically void the support contract.

Wouldn't someone rolling their own kernels is more likely to be
running something newer than 2.6.9? (to follow this example)


> Alternatively, we could take the approach of just putting a patch for 
> each component that is a diff of what was released to kernel.org. In this 
> case the user would first apply the kernel.org patches and then multiple
> backport patches. Not sure which way will be harder to maintain going
> forward.

*nod*. Exactly what I was thinking. As a developer, I'm inclined
to keep my life easier (smaller patches) and I think the distro's
would prefer smaller patches. Is anyone from the SuSE/RH distro's
on this list and care to comment?

thanks,
grant