netdev - RE: [net-next v3 2/9] ice: Create and register virtual bus for RDMA

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Date:   Thu, 7 May 2020 14:04:04 +0000
From:   "Saleem, Shiraz" <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Ertman, David M" <david.m.ertman@...el.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "nhorman@...hat.com" <nhorman@...hat.com>,
        "sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>,
        "jgg@...pe.ca" <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        "ranjani.sridharan@...ux.intel.com" 
        <ranjani.sridharan@...ux.intel.com>,
        "pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com" 
        <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        "Bowers, AndrewX" <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [net-next v3 2/9] ice: Create and register virtual bus for RDMA

> Subject: Re: [net-next v3 2/9] ice: Create and register virtual bus for RDMA
> 
> On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 02:04:58PM -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > From: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>
> >
> > The RDMA block does not have its own PCI function, instead it must
> > utilize the ice driver to gain access to the PCI device. Create a
> > virtual bus device so the irdma driver can register a virtual bus
> > driver to bind to it and receive device data. The device data contains
> > all of the relevant information that the irdma peer will need to
> > access this PF's IIDC API callbacks.
> 
> But there is no virtual bus driver in this patch!

Hi Greg - 

The irdma driver is the virtbus driver that would bind to the virtual devices created
in this netdev driver.

It is decoupled from this series as it was deemed in a prior discussion that irdma driver
would go in a +1 cycle from net series to avoid conflicts. See discussion here --
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/46ed855e75f9eda89118bfad9c6f7b16dd372c71.camel@intel.com/

The irdma driver is currently posted as an RFC series with its most recent submission here --
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20200417171251.1533371-1-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com/

Shiraz