From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
To: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Cc: tariqt@nvidia.com, yishaih@nvidia.com, leon@kernel.org,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/10] Convert mlx4 to use auxiliary bus
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 13:49:50 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZM0sLsxnP3PoI0lm@ziepe.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230804150527.6117-1-petr.pavlu@suse.com>
On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 05:05:17PM +0200, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> This series converts the mlx4 drivers to use auxiliary bus, similarly to
> how mlx5 was converted [1]. The first 6 patches are preparatory changes,
> the remaining 4 are the final conversion.
>
> Initial motivation for this change was to address a problem related to
> loading mlx4_en/mlx4_ib by mlx4_core using request_module_nowait(). When
> doing such a load in initrd, the operation is asynchronous to any init
> control and can get unexpectedly affected/interrupted by an eventual
> root switch. Using an auxiliary bus leaves these module loads to udevd
> which better integrates with systemd processing. [2]
Neat, I didn't realize that was a pain point for distros.
Jason
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-04 16:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-04 15:05 [PATCH net-next 00/10] Convert mlx4 to use auxiliary bus Petr Pavlu
2023-08-04 15:05 ` [PATCH net-next 01/10] mlx4: Get rid of the mlx4_interface.get_dev callback Petr Pavlu
2023-08-08 18:55 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-08-04 15:05 ` [PATCH net-next 02/10] mlx4: Rename member mlx4_en_dev.nb to netdev_nb Petr Pavlu
2023-08-08 18:55 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-08-04 15:05 ` [PATCH net-next 03/10] mlx4: Replace the mlx4_interface.event callback with a notifier Petr Pavlu
2023-08-05 14:29 ` Zhu Yanjun
2023-08-08 12:13 ` Petr Pavlu
2023-08-07 13:58 ` Simon Horman
2023-08-08 12:15 ` Petr Pavlu
2023-08-04 15:05 ` [PATCH net-next 04/10] mlx4: Get rid of the mlx4_interface.activate callback Petr Pavlu
2023-08-08 18:56 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-08-04 15:05 ` [PATCH net-next 05/10] mlx4: Move the bond work to the core driver Petr Pavlu
2023-08-08 18:56 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-08-04 15:05 ` [PATCH net-next 06/10] mlx4: Avoid resetting MLX4_INTFF_BONDING per driver Petr Pavlu
2023-08-08 18:57 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-08-04 15:05 ` [PATCH net-next 07/10] mlx4: Register mlx4 devices to an auxiliary virtual bus Petr Pavlu
2023-08-06 3:16 ` Zhu Yanjun
2023-08-08 12:17 ` Petr Pavlu
2023-08-08 18:57 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-08-04 15:05 ` [PATCH net-next 08/10] mlx4: Connect the ethernet part to the auxiliary bus Petr Pavlu
2023-08-08 18:57 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-08-04 15:05 ` [PATCH net-next 09/10] mlx4: Connect the infiniband " Petr Pavlu
2023-08-08 18:58 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-08-04 15:05 ` [PATCH net-next 10/10] mlx4: Delete custom device management logic Petr Pavlu
2023-08-08 18:58 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-08-04 16:49 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
2023-08-09 11:12 ` [PATCH net-next 00/10] Convert mlx4 to use auxiliary bus Tariq Toukan
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