From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roland Dreier Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] netdevice.h: Add RDMA private pointer to the net_device structure Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:30:30 -0700 Message-ID: <52br269tl5.fsf@cisco.com> References: <1128365323.4397.38.camel@hal.voltaire.com> <20051003135407.072aaff6@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Cc: openib-general@openib.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: Stephen Hemminger In-Reply-To: <20051003135407.072aaff6@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> (Stephen Hemminger's message of "Mon, 3 Oct 2005 13:54:07 -0700") List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: openib-general-bounces@openib.org Errors-To: openib-general-bounces@openib.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Stephen> Who is going to use it? Is RDMA being submitted for code Stephen> review? I agree that we should hold off on this until there's an in-tree user. However, just as a clarification, we're trying to move from "ib" to "rdma" nomenclature as we try to make the existing kernel InfiniBand layer a more generic layer than can support both IB and iWARP. So new code should use "rdma" names. - R.