From: "Saleem, Shiraz" <shiraz.saleem@intel.com>
To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Cc: "dledford@redhat.com" <dledford@redhat.com>,
"kuba@kernel.org" <kuba@kernel.org>,
"davem@davemloft.net" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"Ertman, David M" <david.m.ertman@intel.com>,
"Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v4 05/23] ice: Add devlink params support
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 20:58:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e516fa3940984b0cb0134364b923fc8e@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210407145705.GA499950@nvidia.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 05/23] ice: Add devlink params support
>
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 04:01:07PM -0500, Shiraz Saleem wrote:
> > Add a new generic runtime devlink parameter 'rdma_protocol'
> > and use it in ice PCI driver. Configuration changes result in
> > unplugging the auxiliary RDMA device and re-plugging it with updated
> > values for irdma auxiiary driver to consume at
> > drv.probe()
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@intel.com>
> > .../networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst | 6 ++
> > Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst | 13 +++
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_devlink.c | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++-
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_devlink.h | 5 ++
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 2 +
> > include/net/devlink.h | 4 +
> > net/core/devlink.c | 5 ++
> > 7 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
> > b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
> > index 54c9f10..0b454c3 100644
> > +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
> > @@ -114,3 +114,9 @@ own name.
> > will NACK any attempt of other host to reset the device. This parameter
> > is useful for setups where a device is shared by different hosts, such
> > as multi-host setup.
> > + * - ``rdma_protocol``
> > + - string
> > + - Selects the RDMA protocol selected for multi-protocol devices.
> > + - ``iwarp`` iWARP
> > + - ``roce`` RoCE
> > + - ``ib`` Infiniband
>
> I'm still not sure this belongs in devlink.
I believe you suggested we use devlink for protocol switch.
>
> What about devices that support roce and iwarp concurrently?
>
> There is nothing at the protocol level that precludes this - doesn't this device allow
> it?
Nope. This device doesn’t support both protocols concurrently on same PCI function.
Maybe then it makes sense to move this protocol switch as driver specific devlink?
>
> I know Parav is looking at the general problem of how to customize what aux
> devices are created, that may be a better fit for this.
>
> Can you remove the devlink parts to make progress?
>
It is important since otherwise the customer will have no way to use RoCEv2 on this device.
Shiraz
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-07 20:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-06 21:01 [PATCH v4 00/23] Add Intel Ethernet Protocol Driver for RDMA (irdma) Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 01/23] iidc: Introduce iidc.h Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-07 15:44 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-04-07 20:58 ` Saleem, Shiraz
2021-04-07 22:43 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-04-08 7:14 ` Leon Romanovsky
2021-04-09 1:38 ` Saleem, Shiraz
2021-04-11 11:48 ` Leon Romanovsky
2021-04-12 14:50 ` Saleem, Shiraz
2021-04-12 16:12 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-04-15 17:36 ` Saleem, Shiraz
2021-04-07 17:35 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-04-12 14:51 ` Saleem, Shiraz
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 02/23] ice: Initialize RDMA support Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 03/23] ice: Implement iidc operations Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 04/23] ice: Register auxiliary device to provide RDMA Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 05/23] ice: Add devlink params support Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-07 14:57 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-04-07 20:58 ` Saleem, Shiraz [this message]
2021-04-07 22:46 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-04-12 14:50 ` Saleem, Shiraz
2021-04-12 19:07 ` Parav Pandit
2021-04-13 4:03 ` Parav Pandit
2021-04-13 14:40 ` Saleem, Shiraz
2021-04-13 17:36 ` Parav Pandit
2021-04-14 0:21 ` Saleem, Shiraz
2021-04-14 5:27 ` Parav Pandit
2021-04-18 11:51 ` Leon Romanovsky
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 06/23] i40e: Prep i40e header for aux bus conversion Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 07/23] i40e: Register auxiliary devices to provide RDMA Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 08/23] RDMA/irdma: Register auxiliary driver and implement private channel OPs Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 09/23] RDMA/irdma: Implement device initialization definitions Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 10/23] RDMA/irdma: Implement HW Admin Queue OPs Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 11/23] RDMA/irdma: Add HMC backing store setup functions Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 12/23] RDMA/irdma: Add privileged UDA queue implementation Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 13/23] RDMA/irdma: Add QoS definitions Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 14/23] RDMA/irdma: Add connection manager Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 15/23] RDMA/irdma: Add PBLE resource manager Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 16/23] RDMA/irdma: Implement device supported verb APIs Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 17/23] RDMA/irdma: Add RoCEv2 UD OP support Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 18/23] RDMA/irdma: Add user/kernel shared libraries Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 19/23] RDMA/irdma: Add miscellaneous utility definitions Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 20/23] RDMA/irdma: Add dynamic tracing for CM Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 21/23] RDMA/irdma: Add ABI definitions Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 22/23] RDMA/irdma: Add irdma Kconfig/Makefile and remove i40iw Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:01 ` [PATCH v4 23/23] RDMA/irdma: Update MAINTAINERS file Shiraz Saleem
2021-04-06 21:05 ` [PATCH v4 00/23] Add Intel Ethernet Protocol Driver for RDMA (irdma) Saleem, Shiraz
2021-04-06 23:15 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-04-06 23:30 ` Saleem, Shiraz
2021-04-07 0:18 ` Saleem, Shiraz
2021-04-07 11:31 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-04-07 15:06 ` Saleem, Shiraz
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