netdev - RE: [PATCH v3 00/16] add Intel X722 iWARP driver

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Message-ID: <00cf01d153d5$e6248eb0$b26dac10$@opengridcomputing.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:57:12 -0600
From:	"Steve Wise" <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
To:	"'Or Gerlitz'" <gerlitz.or@...il.com>,
	"'Faisal Latif'" <faisal.latif@...el.com>
Cc:	"'Doug Ledford'" <dledford@...hat.com>,
	<linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'Linux Netdev List'" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'Jeff Kirsher'" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	<e1000-rdma@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 00/16] add Intel X722 iWARP driver



> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-rdma-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-rdma-owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Or Gerlitz
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 4:25 PM
> To: Faisal Latif
> Cc: Doug Ledford; linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org; Linux Netdev List; Jeff Kirsher; e1000-rdma@...ts.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/16] add Intel X722 iWARP driver
> 
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Faisal Latif <faisal.latif@...el.com> wrote:
> 
> > Changes since v2:
> [...]
> >                 *move netlink patch up
> 
> I also asked you why the port mapper code has to be present in each
> iwarp driver and not part of the IB core stack, and you responded
> "i40iw iwarp driver registers with port mapper and uses its services.
> Beside that it is not the scope of the patch series"  -- well, it is
> in the scope of upstream review to pose such questions, please
> address.
> 
> Or.

Hey Or, 

There is a common service/API in the IB core for iWarp port mapping.  See drivers/infinbiand/core/iwpm*.c and include/rdma/iw_portmap.h.

Steve.