RE: interdependencies with cxgb4 and iw_cxgb4

2018-03-20 Thread Steve Wise
> > From: "Steve Wise" > Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:08:44 -0500 > > > For the maintainers, yes. But it avoids setting up k.o accounts and > > git repos for each device driver maintainer that has this issue. > > I think this is quite a reasonable requirement for submitters wishing > to make sign

Re: interdependencies with cxgb4 and iw_cxgb4

2018-03-20 Thread David Miller
From: "Steve Wise" Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:08:44 -0500 > For the maintainers, yes. But it avoids setting up k.o accounts and > git repos for each device driver maintainer that has this issue. I think this is quite a reasonable requirement for submitters wishing to make significant changes acr

RE: interdependencies with cxgb4 and iw_cxgb4

2018-03-20 Thread Steve Wise
> >> > Let me ask a dumb question:  Why cannot one of the maintaners pull > the > >> > commit from the other mainainer's git repo directly?  IE why have this > >> > third trusted/signed git repo that has to be on k.o, from which both > >> > maintainers pull?  If one of you can pull it in via a pat

Re: interdependencies with cxgb4 and iw_cxgb4

2018-03-20 Thread David Miller
From: "Steve Wise" Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:47:04 -0500 >> From: Steve Wise >> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:50:57 -0500 >> >> > Let me ask a dumb question:  Why cannot one of the maintaners pull the >> > commit from the other mainainer's git repo directly?  IE why have this >> > third trusted/sig

Re: interdependencies with cxgb4 and iw_cxgb4

2018-03-20 Thread Leon Romanovsky
On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 08:47:04AM -0500, Steve Wise wrote: > > From: Steve Wise > > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:50:57 -0500 > > > > > Let me ask a dumb question:  Why cannot one of the maintaners pull the > > > commit from the other mainainer's git repo directly?  IE why have this > > > third trust

RE: interdependencies with cxgb4 and iw_cxgb4

2018-03-20 Thread Steve Wise
> From: Steve Wise > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:50:57 -0500 > > > Let me ask a dumb question:  Why cannot one of the maintaners pull the > > commit from the other mainainer's git repo directly?  IE why have this > > third trusted/signed git repo that has to be on k.o, from which both > > maintaine

Re: interdependencies with cxgb4 and iw_cxgb4

2018-03-19 Thread David Miller
From: Steve Wise Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:50:57 -0500 > Let me ask a dumb question:  Why cannot one of the maintaners pull the > commit from the other mainainer's git repo directly?  IE why have this > third trusted/signed git repo that has to be on k.o, from which both > maintainers pull?  If o

Re: interdependencies with cxgb4 and iw_cxgb4

2018-03-19 Thread Steve Wise
On 3/16/2018 11:21 AM, David Miller wrote: From: "Steve Wise" Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:31:24 -0500 This issue has also been dealt-with for Mellanox drivers, I believe. I take it the solution for them was a k.o. signed repo, that they maintain, where both linux-rdma and netdev take PRs from

Re: interdependencies with cxgb4 and iw_cxgb4

2018-03-16 Thread David Miller
From: "Steve Wise" Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:31:24 -0500 > This issue has also been dealt-with for Mellanox drivers, I believe. I take > it the solution for them was a k.o. signed repo, that they maintain, where > both linux-rdma and netdev take PRs from for commits that are needed in both > rep

interdependencies with cxgb4 and iw_cxgb4

2018-03-14 Thread Steve Wise
Hey Dave, We've been discussing dependency issues between cxgb4 and the upper layer drivers including iw_cxgb4 on linux-rdma [1], and I want to broaden this discussion to include netdev and you, since this involves both linux-rdma and netdev. (note the SRQ patch submission that triggered this di