From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Lunn Subject: Re: [RFC 02/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) Bus driver Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 01:06:43 +0100 Message-ID: <20161123000643.GJ2691@lunn.ch> References: <1479508938-63799-1-git-send-email-niranjana.vishwanathapura@intel.com> <1479508938-63799-3-git-send-email-niranjana.vishwanathapura@intel.com> <20161119190445.GG22775@obsidianresearch.com> <20161121213017.GB67872@knc-06.sc.intel.com> <20161121213930.GA30111@obsidianresearch.com> <20161121232629.GA67988@knc-06.sc.intel.com> <20161121233118.GA31132@obsidianresearch.com> <20161122015304.GB67988@knc-06.sc.intel.com> <20161122170407.GE3956@obsidianresearch.com> <20161122194918.GA69241@knc-06.sc.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161122194918.GA69241@knc-06.sc.intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "Vishwanathapura, Niranjana" Cc: Jason Gunthorpe , Doug Ledford , linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Dennis Dalessandro List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org 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 and netdev with the question, where does this code belong? Andrew