[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 10/10] IB/ehca: Support large page MRs
Roland Dreier
rdreier at cisco.com
Mon Jul 16 20:50:13 PDT 2007
> > Why the module parameter? Is there any reason a user would want to
> > turn this off? Or conversely, why is it off by default?
>
> We're pretty confident this new feature works, but as with all new and
> possibly experimental features, there are chances it might explode your
> machine when activated. So, like with the scaling code, we want the user
> to make the conscious decision of using this code instead of activating it
> by default.
OK, I guess. So can we expect to, say, change the default to turning
it on for 2.6.24 and remove the option entirely (so it's always on) in
2.6.25?
- R.
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