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Date:      Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:37:45 -0700
From:      Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org>
To:        "hps" <hps@selasky.org>
Cc:        =?UTF-8?Q?=22Edward_Tomasz_Napiera=C5=82a=22?= <trasz@FreeBSD.org>,  "Oded Shanoon" <odeds@mellanox.com>, "Meny Yossefi" <menyy@mellanox.com>,  "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Enabling OFED by default.
Message-ID:  <1556f5196ad.cc101c73136103.7671428586181101222@nextbsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <fc2630f9-dd10-5640-2ce2-a4a3feb6962a@selasky.org>
References:  <20160211205358.GA3567@brick.home> <56D811B3.6090406@selasky.org> <20160305155620.GB2512@brick.home> <56DC00EA.7050900@selasky.org> <20160523102055.GA2891@brick> <fc2630f9-dd10-5640-2ce2-a4a3feb6962a@selasky.org>

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Do not enable in tree linuxkpi by default. It will definitely interfere wit=
h out of tree graphics work, which would harm far far more users than it be=
nefits.

If anything GENERIC needs to be getting smaller. Please do not do this. It =
is an all around bad idea.

-M



---- On Mon, 23 May 2016 03:31:10 -0700  Hans Petter Selasky<hps@selasky.or=
g> wrote ----
 > On 05/23/16 12:20, Edward Tomasz Napiera=C5=82a wrote:=20
 > > On 0306T1105, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:=20
 > >> On 03/05/16 16:56, Edward Tomasz Napiera=C5=82a wrote:=20
 > >>> On 0303T1128, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:=20
 > >>>> On 02/11/16 21:53, Edward Tomasz Napiera=C5=82a wrote:=20
 > >>>>> Hi.  I have a question related to the iSER integration I'm working=
 on.=20
 > >>>>> It would be nice if it was working out of the box, which requires =
building=20
 > >>>>> with OFED by default.  Do you have any thoughts about it?  Thanks!=
=20
 > >>>>>=20
 > >>>>=20
 > >>>> Hi,=20
 > >>>>=20
 > >>>> One issue which must be fixed in the coming ibcore update is this:=
=20
 > >>>>=20
 > >>>>> linking kernel=20
 > >>>>> addr.o: In function `addr_resolve':=20
 > >>>>> /usr/img/freebsd/sys/ofed/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c:(.text+0x=
ec0): undefined reference to `toe_l2_resolve'=20
 > >>>>=20
 > >>>> The function toe_l2_resolve() is currently only built into a module=
, and=20
 > >>>> we need to make it available into the kernel aswell.=20
 > >>>=20
 > >>> Hm, OK.  Do you have any ETA for that?=20
 > >>>=20
 > >>>> BTW: Did you get any more answers on this topic?=20
 > >>>=20
 > >>> No, not yet.  Perhaps I should ask on arch@ then?=20
 > >>>=20
 > >>>=20
 > >>=20
 > >> We currently working on a OFED upgrade, so it should be after that.=
=20
 > >>=20
 > >> We're trying to land it before 11.0 is out.=20
 > >=20
 > > Hi.  What it looks like?=20
 > >=20
 > =20
 > Hi,=20
 > =20
 > The OFED 3.2 upgrade won't be part of 11.0.=20
 > =20
 > Regarding OFED 3.2 by default in the kernel, it might cause some trouble=
 =20
 > for the DRM2 work done by Matthew Macy, CC'ed.=20
 > =20
 > Matthew, what do you think if the LINUXKPI is in the kernel by default?=
=20
 > =20
 > --HPS=20
 > =20
 >




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