netdev - RE: [RFC 02/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) Bus driver

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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:44:37 +0000
From:   "Hefty, Sean" <sean.hefty@...el.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
        "Vishwanathapura, Niranjana" <niranjana.vishwanathapura@...el.com>
CC:     "Weiny, Ira" <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Dalessandro, Dennis" <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC 02/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller
 (VNIC) Bus driver

> You are not making a subsystem. Don't overcomplicate things. A
> multi-part device device can just directly link.

The VNIC may be usable over multiple generations of HFIs, but I don't know if that is the intent.