From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH rdma-core 7/7] mlx5: Export mlx5 direct verbs interface Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 08:04:19 -0800 Message-ID: <20170203160419.GA28953@infradead.org> References: <1485446182-5109-1-git-send-email-yishaih@mellanox.com> <1485446182-5109-8-git-send-email-yishaih@mellanox.com> <20170126173005.GD16562@obsidianresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170126173005.GD16562-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: Yishai Hadas , dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, leonro-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, majd-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org 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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html