netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 00/10] net/smc: implement SMCv2.1 virtual ISM device support

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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:54:49 +0800
From: Wen Gu <guwen@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: wintera@...ux.ibm.com, wenjia@...ux.ibm.com, hca@...ux.ibm.com,
 gor@...ux.ibm.com, agordeev@...ux.ibm.com, davem@...emloft.net,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 00/10] net/smc: implement SMCv2.1 virtual ISM
 device support



On 2023/12/12 16:52, Wen Gu wrote:

> The fourth edition of SMCv2 adds the SMC version 2.1 feature updates for
> SMC-Dv2 with virtual ISM. Virtual ISM are created and supported mainly by
> OS or hypervisor software, comparable to IBM ISM which is based on platform
> firmware or hardware.
> 
> With the introduction of virtual ISM, SMCv2.1 makes some updates:
> 
> - Introduce feature bitmask to indicate supplemental features.
> - Reserve a range of CHIDs for virtual ISM.
> - Support extended GIDs (128 bits) in CLC handshake.
> 
> So this patch set aims to implement these updates in Linux kernel. And it
> acts as the first part of SMC-D virtual ISM extension & loopback-ism [1].
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/1695568613-125057-1-git-send-email-guwen@linux.alibaba.com/
> 
> v6->v5:
> - Add 'Reviewed-by' label given in the previous versions:
>    * Patch #4, #6, #9, #10 have nothing changed since v3;
> - Patch #2:
>    * fix the format issue (Alignment should match open parenthesis) compared to v5;
>    * remove useless clc->hdr.length assignment in smcr_clc_prep_confirm_accept()
>      compared to v5;
> - Patch #3: new added compared to v5.
> - Patch #7: some minor changes like aclc_v2->aclc or clc_v2->clc compared to v5
>    due to the introduction of Patch #3. Since there were no major changes, I kept
>    the 'Reviewed-by' label.
> 
> Other changes in previous versions but not yet acked:
> - Patch #1: Some minor changes in subject and fix the format issue
>    (length exceeds 80 columns) compared to v3.
> - Patch #5: removes useless ini->feature_mask assignment in __smc_connect()
>    and smc_listen_v2_check() compared to v4.
> - Patch #8: new added, compared to v3.
> 

Looks like I accidentally modified my send-email script..

There is a typo in the CC-ed mail address list:
lzinux-kernel@...r.kernel.org -> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org