[openib-general] [PATCH] kDAPL: get rid of dat version and thread safetey flags

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 08:30:59AM -0700, Caitlin Bestler wrote:
> If you eliminate the version info how would someone test DAT 1.3 code?
> Is support for 1.3 just supposed to magically appear in the mainline at
> some future date without intermediate testing?

There won't be any DAPL 1.3 in the kernel at all, neither DAPL 1.2 nor
1.1.  The kernel will have a steadily evolving rdma layer, and patches
will usually be tested before they go into mainline.