On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 05:55:26AM -0700, Parav Pandit wrote: > Hi Christoph, > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 5:42 AM, Christoph Hellwig <h...@infradead.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 05:39:21AM -0700, Parav Pandit wrote: > >> 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. > > > > What a load of rubbish. The Linux kernel is one program and should be > > upgraded together. > > Just because we add one more rdma resource, we need to ask someone to > upgrade kernel?
It doesn't make sense. Kernel and modules are always coming together, the attempts to mix kernel and modules from different versions can lead to many interesting debug scenarios. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
