From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
To: "Vishwanathapura,
Niranjana"
<niranjana.vishwanathapura-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "ira.weiny" <ira.weiny-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Doug Ledford <dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Dennis Dalessandro
<dennis.dalessandro-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 02/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) Bus driver
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:19:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161129161950.GB742@obsidianresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161129063106.GB84990-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 10:31:06PM -0800, Vishwanathapura, Niranjana wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 12:05:09PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> >On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 06:13:50PM -0800, Vishwanathapura, Niranjana wrote:
> >
> >>In order to be truely device independent the hfi_vnic ULP should not depend
> >>on a device exported symbol. Instead device should register its functions
> >>with the ULP. Hence the approaches a) and b).
> >
> >It is not device independent, it is hard linked to hfi1, just like our
> >other multi-component drivers.. So don't worry about that.
> >
>
> We would like to keep the design clean and avoid any tight coupling here
> (our original design in this series tackled these).
> Any strong reason not to go with a) or b) ?
You are not making a subsystem. Don't overcomplicate things. A
multi-part device device can just directly link.
Jason
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-18 22:42 [RFC 00/10] HFI Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <1479508938-63799-1-git-send-email-niranjana.vishwanathapura-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 01/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) documentation Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 02/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) Bus driver Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-19 19:04 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-11-21 21:30 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-21 21:39 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-11-21 23:26 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161121232629.GA67988-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-21 23:31 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161121233118.GA31132-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-22 1:53 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-22 17:04 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-11-22 19:49 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161122194918.GA69241-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-22 23:04 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-11-23 0:53 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-23 0:06 ` Andrew Lunn
[not found] ` <20161122170407.GE3956-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-23 0:05 ` ira.weiny
2016-11-23 0:49 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161123004932.GA13598-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-24 0:08 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161124000825.GA73280-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-24 16:15 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161124161545.GA20818-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-25 2:13 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161125021350.GA74946-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-25 19:05 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161125190509.GB16504-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-29 6:31 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161129063106.GB84990-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-29 16:19 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
[not found] ` <20161129161950.GB742-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-29 16:44 ` Hefty, Sean
2016-11-29 16:50 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161129165009.GA3167-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-01 7:39 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-29 6:29 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20161129062938.GA84990-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-29 16:21 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20161129162113.GC742-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-01 7:41 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 03/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) netdev driver Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 04/10] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC Ethernet Management (EM) structure definitions Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 07/10] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC Ethernet Management Agent (VEMA) interface Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 08/10] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC Ethernet Management Agent (VEMA) driver Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 10/10] IB/hfi1: VNIC SDMA support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 05/10] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC statistics support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 06/10] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC MAC table support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2016-11-18 22:42 ` [RFC 09/10] IB/hfi1: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
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