> Note that some people only run > backported drivers, so making it easier to read and maintain > *the backport* is also important.
The philosophy of the kernel has always been that the backport needs to bear the cost, and we don't want to add extra #ifdefs to the standard kernel that don't do anything except in non-standard situations. > Do you think applying a patch as we do now is the best way to do it then? To be honest the patch that started this thread looked very reasonable and easy to maintain to me. The pain of backporting gets higher as the kernel you're backporting to gets older, but that's just hte way things are. _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
