Re: [RFC 02/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) Bus driver

Jason Gunthorpe
2016-11-25T19:05:09Z

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 06:13:50PM -0800, Vishwanathapura, Niranjana wrote:

> In order to be truely device independent the hfi_vnic ULP should not depend
> on a device exported symbol. Instead device should register its functions
> with the ULP. Hence the approaches a) and b).

It is not device independent, it is hard linked to hfi1, just like our
other multi-component drivers.. So don't worry about that.

Jason