netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 00/19] Mellanox, mlx5 sub function support

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Date:   Fri, 8 Nov 2019 15:01:31 +0000
From:   Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
CC:     "alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        "kwankhede@...dia.com" <kwankhede@...dia.com>,
        "cohuck@...hat.com" <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 00/19] Mellanox, mlx5 sub function support



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 12:20 AM
> To: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
> Cc: alex.williamson@...hat.com; davem@...emloft.net;
> kvm@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Saeed Mahameed
> <saeedm@...lanox.com>; kwankhede@...dia.com; cohuck@...hat.com;
> Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>; linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/19] Mellanox, mlx5 sub function support
> 
> On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 08:10:45PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > Hi Leon,
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2019 11:04 AM
> > > To: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
> > > Cc: alex.williamson@...hat.com; davem@...emloft.net;
> > > kvm@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Saeed Mahameed
> > > <saeedm@...lanox.com>; kwankhede@...dia.com;
> cohuck@...hat.com; Jiri
> > > Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>; linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/19] Mellanox, mlx5 sub function
> > > support
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 10:04:48AM -0600, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > > > Hi Dave, Jiri, Alex,
> > > >
> > >
> > > <...>
> > >
> > > > - View netdevice and (optionally) RDMA device using iproute2 tools
> > > >     $ ip link show
> > > >     $ rdma dev show
> > >
> > > You perfectly explained how ETH devices will be named, but what
> > > about RDMA?
> > > How will be named? I feel that rdma-core needs to be extended to
> > > support such mediated devices.
> > >
> > rdma devices are named by default using mlx_X.
> > After your persistent naming patches, I thought we have GUID based
> naming scheme which doesn't care about its underlying bus.
> 
> No, it is not how it is done. RDMA persistent naming is modeled exactly as
> ETH naming, it means that we do care about bus and we don't use GUID
> unless user explicitly asked, exactly as MAC based names in ETH world.
> 
> > So mdevs will be able to use current GUID based naming scheme we
> already have.
> 
> Unfortunately, no.
> 
> >
> > Additionally, if user prefers, mdev alias, we can extend systemd/udev to
> use mdev alias based names (like PCI bdf).
> 
> It is not "Additionally", but "must".
>
Ok. So will do post this series with similar naming scheme.
Will update the cover letter to describe rdma naming too.
 
> > Such as,
> > rocem<alias1>
> > ibm<alias2>
> > Format is:
> > <link_layer><m><alias>
> > m -> stands for mdev device (similar to 'p' for PCI)