[pnfs] pnfs 2.6.18 bakeathon patches

[Ricardo Labiaga]

Multiple branches are doable.  It's kind of painful to maintain them
though. 

Is there a fundamental problem with the GETDEVICELIST patch that needs
to be implemented in a different way going forward in 2.6-latest?

- ricardo


On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 16:50 -0700, dean hildebrand wrote:
> I'm still learning git, but shouldn't there be some way to create a
> version with the core performance patches and then another version
> with the device changes?  (a new branch or would we have to create a
> new repository?)
> 
> Dean
> 
> On 10/16/07, Ricardo Labiaga <ricardo.labiaga at netapp.com> wrote:
> > If we don't apply the getdevice_list patch to the client we will not
> > have a pNFS client to test the 2.6-latest pNFS server.  The -latest
> > server already has the getdevice_list patch.
> >
> > - ricardo
> >
> > On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 13:27 -0400, William A. (Andy) Adamson wrote:
> > > Any other opinions concerning which bakeathon patches should be pushed
> > > to the 2.6.18.3 git tree?
> > >
> > > -->Andy
> > >
> > > On 10/16/07, Marc Eshel <eshel at almaden.ibm.com> wrote:
> > >         I would prefer that only performance patches (and allow retry
> > >         rpc) and to
> > >         not include any protocol changes since I have many machines
> > >         out there
> > >         working with the current code. Here is the list of fixes I
> > >         would like to
> > >         include
> > >                 more slots
> > >                 Dean's read fix
> > >                 use hostname not IP addr for exchange id
> > >                 allow repeat RPC
> > >         Marc.
> > >
> > >         androsadamson at gmail.com wrote on 10/16/2007 09:02:14 AM:
> > >
> > >         > Hi Dean
> > >         >
> > >         > I don't know about your directory, but I do have the patch
> > >         applied
> > >         > on ibmcl1:/usr/local/src/kernel/pnfs-git along with the rest
> > >         of the
> > >         > bakeathon patches. Should I push the patches? Marc was
> > >         concerned
> > >         > about the effect on performance from the draft-13 device and
> > >         layout
> > >         updates.
> > >         >
> > >         > -->Andy
> > >
> > >         > On 10/15/07, dean hildebrand < seattleplus at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >         > Hi Andy,
> > >         >
> > >         > I just looked in this directory and I'm not sure why, but
> > >         this patch
> > >         > no longer exists.  I just placed it back in the directory as
> > >         stated
> > >         > below.  Things seem to mysteriously disappear out of this
> > >         directory
> > >         > sometimes....
> > >         >
> > >         > Dean
> > >         >
> > >         > On 10/12/07, dean hildebrand <seattleplus at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >         > > Hi Andy,
> > >         > >
> > >         > > Here is the exchangeid fix patch for 2.6.18 git:
> > >         > > troy:/home/dhildebz//bakeathon_patches_2.6.18/0004-ipaddr-
> > >         > sessionid-fix.patch
> > >         > >
> > >         > > Dean
> > >         > >
> > >
> > >
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