Madhu, On 8/7/07, Lakshmanan, Madhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Tziporet Koren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: Lakshmanan, Madhu > > Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin; Kuchimanchi, Ramachandra; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > ewg@lists.openfabrics.org > > Subject: Re: [ewg] Re: [PATCH 0/5 VNIC] VNIC patch series for OFED-1.2 > andOFED-1.2.c > > > > Lakshmanan, Madhu wrote: > > >> > > >> Here's how I understand it: > > >> > > >> 1.2 should not see any development - it's a major bugfix only > branch. > > >> 1.2.c is 1.2 code updated to kernel 2.6.22 plus bugfixes. > > >> 1.3 is 1.2.c updated to latest kernel (currently 2.6.23) plus new > features. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> MST > > >> > > > > > > Thanks for the clarification, which I take to be the official EWG > > > position. If I recall correctly, the decision to do away with a > 1.2.1 > > > release, and go with only a 1.2.c release, was made only a few days > ago. > > > > > > > > > > > The decision to have 1.2.c only was taken last week on Monday and was > > sent in the meeting summary. > > Features list of 1.2.c was closed and till yesterday no one from > Qlogic > > requested any change in VNIC. > > > In addition to the support for the ipath device and the EVIC (next > > > generation Ethernet Virtual I/O Controller), these patches also fix > bugs > > > that we discovered when testing with the OFED 1.2.c releases and the > > > ConnectX HCA. > > > > > > > > I suggest you prepare patches with bug fixes only for VNIC for 1.2.c > and > > we will be able to insert them. > > Tziporet > > We'll submit new VNIC features into OFED 1.3.
One other comment as to VNIC and OFED 1.3 which was brought up a while ago but never resolved: Since VNIC is a generic term and other vendors are likely to be submitting VNICs, there should be some vendor specific naming scheme with vendor like ql_ prepended to file names, etc. or in a vendor based ulp directory like ulp/qlogic. Maybe there are other ways to accomodate this as well. I think this needs to be done prior to an upstream push. Is that intended in the 1.3 timeframe ? Thanks. -- Hal > Is there a final date till which you are accepting bug fixes for OFED > 1.2.c? > > Thanks, Madhu > _______________________________________________ > ewg mailing list > ewg@lists.openfabrics.org > http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ewg > _______________________________________________ ewg mailing list ewg@lists.openfabrics.org http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ewg