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

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Date:   Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:43:06 -0800
From:   "Vishwanathapura, Niranjana" <niranjana.vishwanathapura@...el.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:     Liran Liss <liranl@...lanox.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 Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:09:35AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>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.
>

Alright, I am renaming it as opa_vnic to avoid any confusion.

Thanks,
Niranjana

>Jason