Re: [PATCH rdma-next v2 0/6] Add DC transport support to mlx5

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg-uk2M96/98Pc@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 04:19:27PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> Changelog:
>  v1 -> v2:
>   * Renamed functions to better describe functionality.
>   * Improve set_mlx5_qp function implementation.
>  v0 -> v1:
>   * Updated "net/mlx5: Add DCT command interface" patch to
>     declare variables in reversed Christmas tree order.
> 
> >From Moni,
> 
> Following the discussion [1] on the mailing list regarding
> "Custom/proprietary QP type support", the following patchset
> implements the direct connected QP types functionality over posted RFC.
> 
> The dynamically connected (DC) transport service provides a datagram-like
> model that allows a DC QP to target multiple remote processes in multiple
> remote nodes.
> 
> As far as reachability is concerned, the DC model is somewhat similar to
> the unreliable datagram (UD) model in the sense that each WR submitted to
> the DC SQ carries the information that identifies the remote destination.
> 
> The new QP type - IB_QPT_DRIVER is introduced to represent all type of QPs
> that are driver specific, like the proposed DC QP. Such minimal change
> to the IB/core allows reuse of existing verbs functions to control those
> new QPs with already existing functions.
> 
> [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg57598.html
> 
> The patches are available in the git repository at:
>   git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/leon/linux-rdma.git
>   tags/rdma-next-2018-01-02-1

Applied to for-next

Thanks,
Jason
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