netdev - Re: [RFC v3 00/11] HFI Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC)

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Date:   Tue, 7 Feb 2017 21:58:50 +0000
From:   Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@...disk.com>
To:     "dledford@...hat.com" <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "sean.hefty@...el.com" <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
        "niranjana.vishwanathapura@...el.com" 
        <niranjana.vishwanathapura@...el.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "dennis.dalessandro@...el.com" <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>,
        "ira.weiny@...el.com" <ira.weiny@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v3 00/11] HFI Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC)

On Tue, 2017-02-07 at 21:44 +0000, Hefty, Sean wrote:
> This is Ethernet - not IP - encapsulation over a non-InfiniBand device/protocol.

That's more than clear from the cover letter. In my opinion the cover letter
should explain why it is considered useful to have such a driver upstream
and what the use cases are of encapsulating Ethernet frames inside RDMA
packets.

Bart.