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Date:   Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:31:26 +0800
From:   Tony Lu <tonylu@linux.alibaba.com>
To:     Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@linux.ibm.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
        Karsten Graul <kgraul@linux.ibm.com>,
        Alexandra Winter <wintera@linux.ibm.com>,
        Stefan Raspl <raspl@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] net/smc: updates 2022-7-25
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On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 04:09:56PM +0200, Wenjia Zhang wrote:
> Hi Dave & Jakub,
> 
> please apply the following patches to netdev's net-next tree.
> 
> These patches do some preparation to make ISM available for uses beyond
> SMC-D, and a bunch of cleanups.
> 
> Thanks,
> Wenjia

Hello Wenjia,

Making ISM available for others sounds great. I proposed a RFC [1] last
week. The RFC brings an ISM-like device to accelerate inter-VM scenario.
I am wondering the plan about this, which may help us. And hope to hear
from you about the RFC [1]. Thank you.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220720170048.20806-1-tonylu@linux.alibaba.com/

Cheers,
Tony Lu