linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 01/14] net: ionic: Create an auxiliary device for rdma driver

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Message-ID: <4c51b440-03c2-43cf-b9c9-67c0be3c3c25@infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:00:44 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Abhijit Gangurde <abhijit.gangurde@....com>, brett.creeley@....com,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, corbet@....net, jgg@...pe.ca, leon@...nel.org,
 andrew+netdev@...n.ch
Cc: sln@...main.com, allen.hubbe@....com, nikhil.agarwal@....com,
 linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/14] net: ionic: Create an auxiliary device for rdma
 driver



On 8/13/25 10:38 PM, Abhijit Gangurde wrote:
> +RDMA Support via Auxiliary Device
> +=================================
> +
> +The ionic driver supports RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) functionality
> +through the Linux auxiliary device framework when advertised by the firmware.
> +RDMA capability is detected during device initialization, and if supported,
> +the ethernet driver will create an auxiliary device that allows the rdma

s/rdma/RDMA/ as is used elsewhere. (?)

> +driver to bind and provide InfiniBand/RoCE functionality.
> +

-- 
~Randy