netdev - RE: [Patch v4 03/12] net: mana: Handle vport sharing between devices

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:20:05 +0000
From:   Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
CC:     Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "shiraz.saleem@...el.com" <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>,
        Ajay Sharma <sharmaajay@...rosoft.com>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [Patch v4 03/12] net: mana: Handle vport sharing between devices

> > the Mellanox NICs implement the RAW_QP. IMHO, it's better to have the
> > user explicitly decide whether to use Ethernet or RDMA RAW_QP on a
> > specific port.
> 
> It should all be carefully documented someplace.

The use case for RAW_QP is from user-mode. Is it acceptable that we document the detailed usage in rdma-core?

Long