> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 05:09:20AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 03:18:58PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > Consider the kAPI work to add the new MR stuff that Christoph > > > did. That would have been a total disaster if they didn't update all > > > the drivers to work with it at the same time. > > > > > > Userspace is no different, and the responsibility falls with the patch > > > author to oversee that process and get it done before merging. > > > > Yes. I think we need to a) put all userspace providers into the > > libibverbs repository, and b) require patches to update all of them. > > That's the only way to have coherent releases and avoid bitrot. > > Yep, that would be great. > > Jason I have a concern about the loss of control that might happen. For example, now I can release a new libcxgb4 whenever it works for me. I wouldn't want to give that up and require everyone's blessing/coordination to release bug fixes that are completely in libcxgb4. How can we handle this with a single repo for all the provider libs? Steve. -- 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