Hi Christoph, On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:06 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 09:25:04PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: >> Is it actually customary to have rdma core module updated more >> frequently separate from the kernel? Out-of-tree modules being >> updated separately happens quite a bit but this is an in-kernel >> module, which usually is tightly coupled with the rest of the kernel. > > People do it for all the wrong reasons - OFED and organization of morons > wants people to use their modules, which causes lots of harm. Anything > that makes this harder is a good thing. > I am not really trying to address OFED issues here. I am sure you understand that if ib_core.ko kernel module is in-kernel module than, for all the fixes/enhancements that goes to it would require people to upgrade to newer kernel, instead of just modules upgrade. Such heavy weight upgrade slows down the adoption which i am trying to avoid here by placing knobs in right kernel module's hand. Its like making ib_core.ko from module to in kernel component, if I understand correctly nobody wants to do that. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
