[openib-general] Re: patch request: openib 1.0-rc1 IPoIB destructor patch

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Thu Mar 23 18:57:08 PST 2006


    Shirley> I thought the IPoIB destructor problem can be addressed
    Shirley> either without or with kernel change. Maybe I am
    Shirley> wrong. Without changing the kernel, this problem couldn't
    Shirley> be addressed? So openib 1.0 release has a kernel
    Shirley> dependency here. How can we handle this problem in the
    Shirley> environment doesn't allow any kernel changes?

I think you're in trouble then.  Basically the old IPoIB driver in the
kernel has a bug, and if you can't change the kernel, then you're
stuck with the bug.

 - R.



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