[openib-general] [PATCH v2 1/2] ofed_1_2 Changes to kernel_patches/ forChelsioT3 Support.

[Steve Wise]

> > 
> > There is no way to enable this option via make menuconfig.  It is only
> > enabled if some other subsystem requires it by adding this to their
> > Kconfig:
> > 
> > select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
> 
> I know, but what I'm saying is that distros tend to enable all drivers
> so in practice it will be enabled.
> 

Perusing the 2.6.20 src, I only see one subsystem using this other than
my driver.  That's arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c.  So it will only be
turned on for IA64 builds.

Also, how will a user running 2.6.20 from kernel.org turn it on?
There's no way via make menuconfig.  

Believe me, I'd love to get rid this problem, but I haven't seen a good
other than backporting it everywhere.

> > I think the best solution is to treat it as a backport, change the names
> > (either explicitly or with a #define trick) and back-port it to every
> > kernel version we're going to support.
> 
> I'm not yet convinced the problem exists. I would suggest look at RHEL5.
> If that has genalloc enabled its a good indication that you don't
> need to put a copy of it in OFED.
> 

Is RHEL5 released?  I don't have it.

Steve.