netdev - Re: [RFC v3 00/11] HFI Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC)

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Message-ID: <20170213170935.GD25430@obsidianresearch.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:09:35 -0700
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
To:     Liran Liss <liranl@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "Vishwanathapura, Niranjana" <niranjana.vishwanathapura@...el.com>,
        "dledford@...hat.com" <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "dennis.dalessandro@...el.com" <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>,
        "ira.weiny@...el.com" <ira.weiny@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v3 00/11] HFI Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC)

On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 01:26:35PM +0000, Liran Liss wrote:
> > From: linux-rdma-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-rdma-
> > owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
> 
> > 
> > ChangeLog:
> > =========
> > v2 => v3:
> > a) Introduce and adopt generic RDMA netdev interface including,
> >      - having bottom hfi1 driver directly interfacing with netstack.
> >      - optimizing interface between hfi_vnic and hfi1 driver.
> > b) Remove bitfield usage.
> > c) Move hfi_vnic driver to drivers/infiniband/ulp folder.
> 
> The vnic driver should be placed under drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/*
> since it is HFI-specific.

I think they should call it opa_vnic and keep it in ulp to avoid this
confusion.

Jason