[openib-general] Announcing the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution

[Roland Dreier]

    Ira> This is my one big question.

    Ira> Also what happens to people who took the 1.0 branch and are
    Ira> actually using it?  That is what LLNL has done and now the
    Ira> kernel code is gone.

Kernel code was included on the branch by mistake.  OpenFabrics is not
in the business of releasing kernels so it was confusing to have that
code there.

You should get kernels via whatever your normal mechanism is -- using
your distribution's kernel or upstream kernels from kernel.org are two
possibilities.  Also, OFED will provide a distibution of IB driver
modules if you want to use that.

Shawn's original email described the situation for kernel modules pretty well:

 > 1.  Any module that is already in the kernel will be taken from the git
 > tree that is targeted for next kernel release

 > 2.  Kernel modules that are not in Linux kernel will be taken from
 > openFabrics SVN trunk or in extraordinary cases, from SVN contrib. 

 > 3.  All user space code is taken from the 1.0 branch. OFED group will
 > make sure the right patches from the trunk are updated to the branch.

 - R.