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From: Eli Cohen <eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: Jason Gunthorpe
	<jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
Cc: dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	liranl-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-next 03/10] IB/core: Support accessing SA in virtualized environment
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 21:07:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160301190742.GC19366@x-vnc01.mtx.labs.mlnx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160301183256.GB12495-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 11:32:56AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> 
> How does this interact with the existing SRIOV stuff? It is already
> very annoying that mlx5 is incompatible with the old scheme. Is the
> proposal to shift all IB to this new scheme, or still keep mlx4/mlx5 with
> different approaches?

Now we have proper interfaces so we can use these interfaces to
implement the same functionality in mlx4 which is there but accessible
in a different manner.
> 
> We can't just have the kernel become incompatible with existing
> SMs. Eg opensm only supports the old scheme last I looked.
> 
You need a SM which support virtualizaion to have virtualization
supported but if you don't you can still work with physical functions
in the same way you did before so we don't break anything, we just
adding new functionality.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-03-01 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-01 16:52 [PATCH for-next 00/10] IB SR-IOV support Eli Cohen
     [not found] ` <1456851143-138332-1-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 16:52   ` [PATCH for-next 01/10] net/core: Add support for configuring VF GUIDs Eli Cohen
     [not found]     ` <1456851143-138332-2-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 17:37       ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]         ` <20160301173751.GA25176-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 17:49           ` Eli Cohen
     [not found]             ` <20160301174951.GA19366-lgQlq6cFzJSjLWYaRI30zHI+JuX82XLG@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 18:25               ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                 ` <20160301182516.GA12495-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 21:08                   ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                     ` <CAJ3xEMgrAUCj7PS6fegmuSUsjMruH3gzSHZmuzAX+ZbHZOpL9w-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-02 16:50                       ` Doug Ledford
     [not found]                         ` <56D719E3.2000206-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-02 18:40                           ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                             ` <CAJ3xEMh5vJAZVO03=rRVCvqqXzXvah3idrMtMQfFP-wBxR7R_Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-04 14:35                               ` Doug Ledford
     [not found]                                 ` <56D99D3D.4000606-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-07  7:23                                   ` Or Gerlitz
2021-10-26 15:16     ` Eugene Syromiatnikov
2016-03-01 16:52   ` [PATCH for-next 02/10] IB/mlx5: Fix decision on using MAD_IFC Eli Cohen
2016-03-01 16:52   ` [PATCH for-next 03/10] IB/core: Support accessing SA in virtualized environment Eli Cohen
     [not found]     ` <1456851143-138332-4-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 17:44       ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]         ` <20160301174401.GC25176-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 18:17           ` Eli Cohen
     [not found]             ` <20160301181742.GB19366-lgQlq6cFzJSjLWYaRI30zHI+JuX82XLG@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 18:32               ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                 ` <20160301183256.GB12495-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 19:07                   ` Eli Cohen [this message]
     [not found]                     ` <20160301190742.GC19366-lgQlq6cFzJSjLWYaRI30zHI+JuX82XLG@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 19:31                       ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                         ` <20160301193153.GA25755-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 19:46                           ` Eli Cohen
     [not found]                             ` <20160301194608.GF19366-lgQlq6cFzJSjLWYaRI30zHI+JuX82XLG@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 21:15                               ` Or Gerlitz
2016-03-04 14:37                               ` Doug Ledford
     [not found]                                 ` <56D99D8E.5020900-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-07  7:52                                   ` Or Gerlitz
2016-03-01 16:52   ` [PATCH for-next 04/10] IB/core: Add interfaces to control VF attributes Eli Cohen
2016-03-01 16:52   ` [PATCH for-next 05/10] IB/ipoib: Add ndo operations for configuring VFs Eli Cohen
2016-03-01 16:52   ` [PATCH for-next 06/10] net/mlx5_core: Add VF param when querying vport counter Eli Cohen
2016-03-01 16:52   ` [PATCH for-next 07/10] net/mlx5_core: Implement modify HCA vport command Eli Cohen
2016-03-01 16:52   ` [PATCH for-next 08/10] IB/mlx5: Implement callbacks for manipulating VFs Eli Cohen
     [not found]     ` <1456851143-138332-9-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-06 12:33       ` Yuval Shaia
2016-03-01 16:52   ` [PATCH for-next 09/10] IB/ipoib: Allow mcast packets from other VFs Eli Cohen
     [not found]     ` <1456851143-138332-10-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-06 11:50       ` Yuval Shaia
     [not found]         ` <20160306115006.GA23975-Hxa29pjIrETlQW142y8m19+IiqhCXseY@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-06 12:13           ` Or Gerlitz
2016-03-01 16:52   ` [PATCH for-next 10/10] IB/core: Use GRH when the path hop-limit > 0 Eli Cohen
     [not found]     ` <1456851143-138332-11-git-send-email-eli-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-01 17:38       ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]         ` <20160301173846.GB25176-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-03 15:55           ` Doug Ledford

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