[openib-general] Re: [PATCH 0 of 53] ipath driver updates for 2.6.17-rc4

[Roger Heflin]

Roland Dreier wrote:
> Umm... dumping a 53 patch series into the kernel at this stage in the
> release cycle isn't going to work.  You need to sort out the patches
> that need to go into 2.6.17 from patches that can wait.  For example,
> a 1500+ line patch to factor out common code is clearly not
> appropriate now.  Pretty much the only patches that should be going in
> now are changes that fix crashes or other serious bugs.
> 
> (You can send both sets of patches at the same time -- just let me
> which ones are for 2.6.17 and which ones can be queued for 2.6.18)
> 
> I have some more specific comments in reply to individual patches,
> although I didn't try to review all 53.
> 
>  - R.


Roland,

What should these patches apply against?

I have tried rc4 and a number of them fail, and I have also
tried one of your gits (though maybe not the right one), and
at least some of the the same patches seem to fail to apply
there.

If I can get an idea what they should apply to I will apply them
against that and see how things look.

I have at least one of the nasty bugs that I know about.

                             Roger