[openib-general] OFED-1.1-pre1 is ready

[Or Gerlitz]

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Quoting r. Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz at voltaire.com>:
>> Subject: Re: OFED-1.1-pre1 is ready
>>
>> Tziporet Koren wrote:
>>> OFED 1.1-pre1 is available:
>>> URL:
>>> https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/ofed/releases/OFED-1.1-pre1.tgz
>>> Release details:
>>>
>>> BUILD_ID:
>>> OFED-1.1-pre1
>>>
>>> openib-1.1 (REV=9854)
>>> # User space
>>> https://openib.org/svn/gen2/branches/1.1/src/userspace
>>> Git:
>>> ref: refs/heads/ofed_1_1
>>> commit 936b9fc0bd1411b52826213a5d89e2ceb4f52a78
>> Hi Tziporet,
>>
>> I have asked this Michael few days ago and did not get a reply yet: can 
>> you clarify where is the version of the OFED IB ***kernel*** drivers 
>> stated?
> 
> That's the commit 936b9fc0bd1411b52826213a5d89e2ceb4f52a78 part.

I see.

>> I understand they are typically based on some tag of Linus GIT tree (for 
>> example OFED1.1 uses 2.6.18 - correct?) but i could not find any notice 
>> for that in the docs nor in the per rc emails.

> OFED1.1 was last rebased against 2.6.18-rc6 + a couple of small patches touching
> cma + adding scripts out of kernel modules backports etc. 2.6.18 wasn't out
> by code freeze time, but all fixes in 2.6.18 are also in OFED 1.1.

> Try something like
> git log v2.6.18-rc6..936b9fc0bd1411b52826213a5d89e2ceb4f52a78
> to get the list of OFED changes against v2.6.18-rc6.

thanks for all the info, however i think the OFED docs must state on 
what upstream version are the OFED kernel IB drivers based (ie in this 
case 2.6.18-rc6 tag of linus tree) so one is able to determine that from 
reading the docs only (ie without using GIT).

Or.