netdev - Re: software iwarp stack update

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:54:32 +0200
From:	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:	Bernard Metzler <BMT@...ich.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma-owner@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: software iwarp stack update

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Bernard Metzler <BMT@...ich.ibm.com> wrote:
> > Also, the following statement in siw_main.c:
> >
> > ibdev->modify_port = NULL;
>
> I was expecting there is an ib_device->uverbs_cmd_mask
> flag which siw does not set... Unfortunately, it is not
> completely clear to me when a command mask bit is available
> and when the OFA core strictly expects a function pointer.
> Maybe there is some redundancy/inconsistency?

If other iWARP drivers (amso, cxgb3) have a modify_port method, why
doesn't the siw driver have such a method ? I see this as a blocking
issue.

Bart.
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