linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] ntb_hw_switchtec: Added support of >=4G memory windows

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Date:   Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:42:10 -0700
From:   Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
To:     Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>, wesley.sheng@...rochip.com
Cc:     Kurt Schwemmer <kurt.schwemmer@...rosemi.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Allen Hubbe <allenbh@...il.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ntb@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        wesleyshenggit@...a.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] ntb_hw_switchtec: Added support of >=4G memory
 windows



On 2018-12-12 4:00 p.m., Jon Mason wrote:
> So, you based your patches on a series of patches not in the
> ntb/ntb-next branch?  Please don't do this.  I see nothing in these
> patches which requires that series, which makes this even more
> unnecessary.  Since these are fairly trivial, I'm taking them and
> pushing to the ntb-next branch to give these more time to be tested
> (due to not being tested on the proper branch).  I would really
> appreciate you testing the ntb-next branch as a sanity check.

The NTB test tools don't work with switchtec hardware without that patch
set, so there's no way to test the changes without that branch.

You're right that there is no compile-time dependency.

Logan