Re: [RFC rdma-next 0/3] Move mlx5 vendor specific to UAPI directory

[Laurence Oberman <loberman-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

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> From: "Jason Gunthorpe" <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
> To: "Leon Romanovsky" <leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 1:21:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [RFC rdma-next 0/3] Move mlx5 vendor specific to UAPI directory
> 
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:27:26AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > The consolidate library revealed the fact that vendor specific
> > structures and defines are copy/pasted between kernel and user-space,
> > instead of sharing.
> > 
> > This RFC was tested by compilation only and not-ready for merge yet.
> 
> Yah, this is exactly what I had in mind. We need to give this
> treatment to all the drivers :|
> 
> > Leon Romanovsky (3):
> >   IB/mlx5: Move and decouple user vendor structures
> >   IB/core: Export mlx5 vendor specific strucutres
> >   MAINTAINERS: Add mlx5 uapi file
> 
> One patch is probably enough, 3 patches per driver is going to be
> alot.
> 
> Jason
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Leon, I have not kept up with testing all the mlx5 changes and latest patches.
Going to wait until this settles then will take snapshot and start testing.

Thanks
Laurence
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