OFED update based on Linux kernel v4.9

[Justin Clift]

On 13 Feb 2017, at 16:46, Meny Yossefi <menyy at mellanox.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We (Mellanox) have started working on an OFED stack update based on Linux kernel v4.9
> We've decided to abandon our last update proposal, https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-infiniband/2016-March/000190.html,
> based on MLNX OFED v3.2 as it wasn't generic enough.
> This update will include changes in both kernel space (ib_core) and user space (libibverbs, librdmacm) with direct effect over vendor drivers.
> Important note: Linux kernel v4.9 contains some GPL-only code sections. Those introduce new API towards ULPs and will be excluded in the update process.

Interesting.  Just to confirm, this is being targeted for FreeBSD 12,
yeah?

Is it the kind of thing that would be useful backported to 11?

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

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