Re: [PATCH v4 rdma-next 00/18] Enhance ib_ah_attr to specify types

[Doug Ledford <dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On Sat, 2017-04-29 at 14:41 -0400, Dasaratharaman Chandramouli wrote:
> This patch series introduces a typed address handle attribute
> that replaces the exisiting IB specific version. One of the 
> drawbacks with the existing attibute was the lack of extensibility
> when underlying drivers wanted to leverage specific fields in the
> attribute structure. This resulted in some of the fields being used
> differently than what it was originally intended for.
> This patch addresses that drawback by defining three address handle
> types namely 'ib', 'roce' and 'opa'. While these these types share
> most
> of the original fields, the changes provide the infrastucture to 
> extend and cleanup the fields based on their types. 
> 
> Note that these patches apply on the earlier patch series with
> subject
> "[PATCH v3 0/7] Add support for OPA classport info"
> 
> Changes from v3:
> --------------
> 
> * Build fixes to ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_vema.c to align with changes
>   to address handle attributes.

Thanks, series applied.

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