From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leon Romanovsky Subject: Re: [rdma-next 07/22] RDMA/core: Remove unimplemented node_types and node transport Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 09:32:37 +0300 Message-ID: <20170812063237.GM24282@mtr-leonro.local> References: <20170811105003.7661-1-leon@kernel.org> <20170811105003.7661-8-leon@kernel.org> <36aea320-a018-040d-c44a-3a23d54771cd@dev.mellanox.co.il> <72f3047f-8b29-435d-57bf-be0734606368@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="boAH8PqvUi1v1f55" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <72f3047f-8b29-435d-57bf-be0734606368-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Dennis Dalessandro Cc: Hal Rosenstock , Doug Ledford , linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org --boAH8PqvUi1v1f55 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 02:13:01PM -0400, Dennis Dalessandro wrote: > On 8/11/2017 12:46 PM, Hal Rosenstock wrote: > > On 8/11/2017 6:49 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > > From: Leon Romanovsky > > > > > > There is no need to carry code, which is not implemented in any > > > underlying hardware. This patch removes unimplemented node_types and > > > their respective node transport layers. > > > > We have supported IB switches and routers since day 1 of OpenIB and > > linux-rdma. Although not the original intent, there are still no in-tree > > consumers, but there are several out of tree ones. Every time this issue > > has come up in the past, it has been decided to continue to support > > them. Effectively, IB routers and switches are grandfathered. > > I swear I remember having this exact conversation but can't find it in my > mail. Figures. Well regardless... I posted it as material for -rcX and at that time we discussed it in regards of bnxt_re unimplemented functions. Thanks --boAH8PqvUi1v1f55 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEkhr/r4Op1/04yqaB5GN7iDZyWKcFAlmOoQUACgkQ5GN7iDZy WKchGxAA0r4BFLynUNPa/9akEdw/GSQ1k4XpYGX+GMovP7LHPBl1MizsmG+f/O5M aaj6YUqvm9pVnQWH5oTmPn4GvL3kQ5f+Y5Bx0hUFzscFZpRSGMLBHhCJTan+Su8z ptuwGGjeyk6mqQDuCNWVmnsnrl1uI9JMG7M/YJAk6Bzi0fOkakQei0NwNlQ2lRhM 6animj3wKGhnbid8WOlNJVxOQSVeEUnlEqig4LHCdap82nIQ5xGr9DFAr5pKi7AL OZQqFWv43pW0bDU3vxgU5U2J8Myb3x+mAkRCu52ctn0Ddcvvjua/Jqgt+WM0GcE4 vbKccEJCkV3m75fMUkAQbdb3CtKfSKAsFlmZc6FLjVZgDqZV2VgGkZqCeG4ylEcg PTfJOvY7p+CCwQPy1Aem/aEjLZxw1Pmwixu3TxuefBaeIrfD/vA7HbXUdWUJdRWx pRXRlAcltSdaQGUEi+KSAPNKNupBlxHj2JmljryxP3KjYp4i3E3oM1T+/IxXP+Eq QJBjXvEb+cCBquQh3ToZqDAwHJ/loHssTP+vIfd0BDxRiVKzWgrOzCk+tbewJLmH IfFO98J3iwVJzNpuqbR0hGaT81yJ3CiGRqOC4OZdCltrF7sijtAGIflzPy0tUelM a1oEdV/PyaKUj8XwpgyOzbRVRIv2qlYDpMMwhvBgZIAaNJ2vr3s= =uQYN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --boAH8PqvUi1v1f55-- -- 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