Re: [PATCH rdma-core 7/7] mlx5: Export mlx5 direct verbs interface

Christoph Hellwig
2017-02-03T16:04:19Z

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 10:30:05AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> No, this is no longer just a provider so it doesn't get to use
> provider.map
>
> mlx5 will need its own map file and the various magic I described to
> become a proper library and a plugin at once.

Honestly, I don't think it should be both at once. The library for
direct access needs to be in /usr/lib and the provider hidden in the
providers directory, and not export anything not in the providers API.

I think what needs to happen is a new library for the direct access,
and the provider should be layered on top of it.