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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Hal Rosenstock
	<hal.rosenstock-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/ipoib: move back the IB LL address into the hard header
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:27:09 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161011182709.GA20253@obsidianresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1476209407.448.9.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 08:10:07PM +0200, Paolo Abeni wrote:

> The first s/g fragment (the head buffer) is not allocated with the page
> allocator, so perhaps there is some not too difficult/costly way out of
> this.

Keep in mind, there is nothing magic about the 16 SGL limit, other
than we know all hardware supports it. That can be bumped up and most
hardware will support a higher value.

We'd just have to figure out if any hardware breaks, Mellanox and Intel
should be able to respond to that question.

Jason
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-10-11 18:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-11 17:15 [PATCH] IB/ipoib: move back the IB LL address into the hard header Paolo Abeni
     [not found] ` <1dbd83dfe7f435eecc5bc460e901b47758280f30.1476206016.git.pabeni-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-11 17:32   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-10-11 17:37     ` Paolo Abeni
     [not found]       ` <1476207452.448.2.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-11 17:42         ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]           ` <20161011174224.GA17319-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-11 17:52             ` Paolo Abeni
2016-10-11 17:41     ` Doug Ledford
2016-10-11 18:01       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-10-11 18:10         ` Paolo Abeni
     [not found]           ` <1476209407.448.9.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-11 18:17             ` Doug Ledford
     [not found]               ` <073e0007-a43b-134d-ba7e-b290304be585-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-11 18:30                 ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                   ` <20161011183019.GC20253-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-11 18:50                     ` Doug Ledford
2016-10-12 18:21                       ` Doug Ledford
2016-10-11 18:27             ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
2016-10-13 14:24   ` David Miller
     [not found]     ` <20161013.102432.1450901395774429343.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-13 14:35       ` Doug Ledford
2016-10-13 14:43         ` [PATCH] IB/ipoib: move back the IB LL address into the hard header,Re: " David Miller
     [not found]           ` <20161013.104314.1842951254979604965.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-13 15:20             ` Doug Ledford
2016-10-13 15:57               ` [PATCH] IB/ipoib: move back the IB LL address into the hard header,Re: [PATCH] IB/ipoib: move back the IB LL address into the hard header,Re: " David Miller
2016-10-13 15:17     ` Paolo Abeni

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