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Message-ID: <OF38142F5F.0D12E609-ONC125731B.00239A1F-C125731B.0023C7C0@de.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:29:54 +0200
From: Joachim Fenkes <FENKES@...ibm.com>
To: Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc: Christoph Raisch <raisch@...ibm.com>,
"OF-General" <general@...ts.openfabrics.org>,
Hoang-Nam Nguyen <hnguyen@...ibm.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"LinuxPPC-Dev" <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>,
Stefan Roscher <stefan.roscher@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] IB/ehca: Support large page MRs
Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com> wrote on 17.07.2007 05:50:13:
> > > Why the module parameter? Is there any reason a user would want to
> > > turn this off? Or conversely, why is it off by default?
> >
> > We're pretty confident this new feature works, but as with all new
and
> > possibly experimental features, there are chances it might explode
your
> > machine when activated. So, like with the scaling code, we want the
user
> > to make the conscious decision of using this code instead of
activating it
> > by default.
>
> OK, I guess. So can we expect to, say, change the default to turning
> it on for 2.6.24 and remove the option entirely (so it's always on) in
> 2.6.25?
Deal.
Joachim
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