From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: "Vishwanathapura, Niranjana" <niranjana.vishwanathapura@intel.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>,
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>,
linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 02/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) Bus driver
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 01:06:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161123000643.GJ2691@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161122194918.GA69241@knc-06.sc.intel.com>
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 11:49:18AM -0800, Vishwanathapura, Niranjana wrote:
> Ok, I do understand Jason's point that we should probably not put
> this driver under drivers/infiniband/sw/.., as this driver is not a
> HCA.
> It is an ULP similar to ipoib, built on top of Omni-path
> irrespective of whether we register a hfi_vnic_bus or a direct
> custom interface with HFI1.
> This ULP will transmit and recieve Omni-path packets over the
> fabric, and is dependent on IB MAD interface and the HFI1 driver.
>
> Doug,
> Will it be acceptable if we put it under 'drivers/infiniband/ulp/hfi_vnic'?
How about turning this whole discussion around.
This is a network driver. So ask the network Maintainers where he
wants it. Send the patch to David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> and
netdev with the question, where does this code belong?
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-23 0:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-18 22:42 [RFC 00/10] HFI Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 05/10] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC statistics support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 06/10] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC MAC table support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <1479508938-63799-1-git-send-email-niranjana.vishwanathapura-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 01/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) documentation Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 02/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) Bus driver Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-19 19:04 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-11-21 21:30 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-21 21:39 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-11-21 23:26 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161121232629.GA67988-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-21 23:31 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161121233118.GA31132-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-22 1:53 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-22 17:04 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-11-22 19:49 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161122194918.GA69241-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-22 23:04 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-11-23 0:53 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-23 0:06 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
[not found] ` <20161122170407.GE3956-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-23 0:05 ` ira.weiny
2016-11-23 0:49 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161123004932.GA13598-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-24 0:08 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161124000825.GA73280-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-24 16:15 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161124161545.GA20818-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-25 2:13 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161125021350.GA74946-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-25 19:05 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161125190509.GB16504-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-29 6:31 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161129063106.GB84990-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-29 16:19 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161129161950.GB742-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-29 16:44 ` Hefty, Sean
2016-11-29 16:50 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161129165009.GA3167-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-01 7:39 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-29 6:29 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161129062938.GA84990-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-29 16:21 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161129162113.GC742-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-01 7:41 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 03/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) netdev driver Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 04/10] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC Ethernet Management (EM) structure definitions Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 07/10] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC Ethernet Management Agent (VEMA) interface Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 08/10] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC Ethernet Management Agent (VEMA) driver Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 10/10] IB/hfi1: VNIC SDMA support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 09/10] IB/hfi1: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
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