netdev - Re: [PATCH mlx5-next v1 7/7] net/mlx5: Update mlx5

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Date:   Thu, 20 Sep 2018 23:11:41 +0300
From:   Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>,
        RDMA mailing list <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        linux-netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH mlx5-next v1 7/7] net/mlx5: Update mlx5_ifc with DEVX UID bits

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:35 PM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> Add DEVX information to WQ, SRQ, CQ, TRI, TIS, QP,
> RQ, XRCD, PD, MKEY and MCG.

typo - TRI --> TIR

"DEVX information" is a bit cryptic - what does xxx_valid means
for the devx use case (fw command is issued by devx process) - and
what semantics does it have for non-devx callers -- e.g the Eth driver when
they deal with tir/tis/etc

Explain and elaborate further at the change log

Or.