[openib-general][PATCH 1 of 3] repost: Client Reregister support for kernel space
Roland Dreier
rdreier at cisco.com
Wed May 31 13:40:43 PDT 2006
Leonid> Generating the LID_CHANGE event instead of
Leonid> CLIENT_REREGISTER is simply not correct.
Leonid> We need the event for our user mode applications.
Leonid> Although the patch doesn't change current functionality, I
Leonid> wouldn't like to write applications based on the erroneous
Leonid> code. The application won't just work with devices that
Leonid> generate the event correctly.
OK, I don't have any real objection to this patch, so I'll fix up the
series and apply them for 2.6.18. And it looks easy to fix up ipath
too -- any reason you didn't do that?
- R.
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