linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IB: make INFINIBAND_ADDR

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Date:   Sun, 15 Apr 2018 05:06:36 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tarick Bedeir <tarick@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB: make INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS configurable

On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 12:06:44AM -0700, Greg Thelen wrote:
> Allow INFINIBAND without INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS.

Why?  We are pushing everyone heavily to use RDMA/CM, so making it
optional seems rather counter-intuitive.

You'll also have to fix tons of ULPs to explicitly depend on
INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS, or make code conditional on it.