netdev - Re: [RFC v2 00/10] HFI Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC)

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:46:43 -0700
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Vishwanathapura, Niranjana" <niranjana.vishwanathapura@...el.com>,
        "ira.weiny" <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dennis.dalessandro@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 00/10] HFI Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC)

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 07:43:54AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > I have started working on porting hfi_vnic as per this new interface.
> > I will post RFC v3 later.
> > Posting the interface definition early for comments.
> 
> I wonder how many people will comment it without seeing usage example.

It is my hope that Mellanox will contribute to this and use it for
ipoib - we've have had conversations along these lines in the
past... Apparently mlx4/5 could run quite a bit faster if used like
this.

Jason