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From: Eli Cohen <eli-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>
To: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Roland Dreier <rdreier-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Eli Cohen <eli-VPRAkNaXOzVS1MOuV/RT9w@public.gmane.org>,
	Linux RDMA list
	<linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	ewg <ewg-ZwoEplunGu1OwGhvXhtEPSCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv8 07/11] ib_core: Add API to support IBoE from userspace
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 19:54:47 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100513165447.GB19438@mtldesk030.lab.mtl.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8172EB57F9DF4F93BBFAD583235E8C3F-Zpru7NauK7drdx17CPfAsdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 08:55:13AM -0700, Sean Hefty wrote:
> >
> >Interesting idea. Not sure what is better here: a seperate ABI
> >call or some additional 'u8 ctx[32]' field in struct
> >ib_uverbs_create_ah_resp that will be interpreted by the hw-specific
> >user-space driver.
> 
> I don't understand why mapping remote addresses should be driver specific.

In this case it will not be just mapping remote addresses but creating
the required AH information which is unique to each device.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-05-13 16:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-18 17:24 [PATCHv8 07/11] ib_core: Add API to support IBoE from userspace Eli Cohen
2010-05-12 20:28 ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]   ` <adak4r8uaog.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org>
2010-05-13 13:56     ` Eli Cohen
     [not found]       ` <20100513135645.GL16073-8YAHvHwT2UEvbXDkjdHOrw/a8Rv0c6iv@public.gmane.org>
2010-05-13 15:55         ` Sean Hefty
     [not found]           ` <8172EB57F9DF4F93BBFAD583235E8C3F-Zpru7NauK7drdx17CPfAsdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2010-05-13 16:54             ` Eli Cohen [this message]
     [not found]               ` <20100513165447.GB19438-8YAHvHwT2UEvbXDkjdHOrw/a8Rv0c6iv@public.gmane.org>
2010-05-13 19:11                 ` Sean Hefty
     [not found]                   ` <A2C75A9348C942C3BAB7A2F0FF1B6CAB-Zpru7NauK7drdx17CPfAsdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2010-05-13 19:18                     ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]                       ` <ada4oibsj9c.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org>
2010-05-17 16:31                         ` Liran Liss

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