From: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: roland@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, ali@mellanox.com,
sean.hefty@intel.com, Erez Shitrit <erezsh@mellanox.co.il>,
Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 8/9] net/eipoib: Add Makefile, Kconfig and MAINTAINERS entries
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:16:08 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1341922569-4118-9-git-send-email-ogerlitz@mellanox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1341922569-4118-1-git-send-email-ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
From: Erez Shitrit <erezsh@mellanox.co.il>
Add Kconfig entry under drivers/net and MAINTAINERS entry for eIPoIB, also
add the driver makefile.
Signed-off-by: Erez Shitrit <erezsh@mellanox.co.il>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
---
MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++
drivers/net/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++++++++
drivers/net/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/net/eipoib/Makefile | 4 ++++
4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 drivers/net/eipoib/Makefile
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 8da1373..582f8de 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2618,6 +2618,12 @@ L: netdev@vger.kernel.org
S: Maintained
F: drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/
+EIPoIB (Ethernet services over IPoIB) DRIVER
+M: Erez Shitrit <erezsh@mellanox.com>
+L: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+S: Supported
+F: drivers/net/eipoib/
+
EMBEDDED LINUX
M: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
M: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 0c2bd80..09c0352 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,21 @@ config DUMMY
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
will be called dummy.
+config E_IPOIB
+ tristate "Ethernet Services over IPoIB"
+ depends on INFINIBAND_IPOIB
+ ---help---
+ This driver supports Ethernet protocol over InfiniBand IPoIB devices.
+ Some services can run only on top of Ethernet L2 interfaces, and
+ cannot be bound to an IPoIB interface. With this new driver, these services
+ can run seamlessly.
+
+ Main use case of the driver is the Ethernet Virtual Switching used in
+ virtualized environments, where an eipoib netdevice can be used as a
+ Physical Interface (PIF) in the hypervisor domain, and allow other guests
+ Virtual Interfaces (VIF) connected to the same Virtual Switch to run over
+ the InfiniBand fabric.
+
config EQUALIZER
tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
---help---
diff --git a/drivers/net/Makefile b/drivers/net/Makefile
index 3d375ca..2c3409e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CAIF) += caif/
obj-$(CONFIG_CAN) += can/
obj-$(CONFIG_ETRAX_ETHERNET) += cris/
obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA) += dsa/
+obj-$(CONFIG_E_IPOIB) += eipoib/
obj-$(CONFIG_ETHERNET) += ethernet/
obj-$(CONFIG_FDDI) += fddi/
obj-$(CONFIG_HIPPI) += hippi/
diff --git a/drivers/net/eipoib/Makefile b/drivers/net/eipoib/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b64e96e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/eipoib/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_E_IPOIB) := eth_ipoib.o
+eth_ipoib-y := eth_ipoib_main.o \
+ eth_ipoib_sysfs.o \
+ eth_ipoib_ethtool.o
--
1.7.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-10 12:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-10 12:16 [PATCH net-next 0/9] Add Ethernet IPoIB driver Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 1/9] IB/ipoib: Add support for clones / multiple childs on the same partition Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 2/9] include/linux: Add private flags for IPoIB interfaces Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 3/9] IB/ipoib: Add support for acting as VIF Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:26 ` Eric Dumazet
2012-07-11 8:05 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-11 8:19 ` David Miller
2012-07-11 9:59 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-11 10:06 ` David Miller
2012-07-11 10:27 ` Eric Dumazet
2012-07-11 11:46 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 4/9] net/eipoib: Add private header file Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 5/9] net/eipoib: Add ethtool file support Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 17:48 ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-11 8:40 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 6/9] net/eipoib: Add sysfs support Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 7/9] net/eipoib: Add main driver functionality Or Gerlitz
2012-07-10 12:16 ` Or Gerlitz [this message]
2012-07-10 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 9/9] IB/ipoib: Add support for transmission of skbs w.o dst/neighbour Or Gerlitz
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