On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 00:18 -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 01:34:29PM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote: > > > In fact I'm not sure even for embedded it's worth making this something > > that can be configured out. We probably have too many config options > > that no one ever uses as it is. Are there any embedded systems that are > > both so small that a few K of code matters and also use RDMA? > > I experimented with re-tasking rxe to act as a soft-IB. The only > reason to do this was to run IPOIB, and the system was very small. So > in that instance I did benefit from running without may of the IB > modules - but I would have been entirely happy with a CONFIG_XX > controlled by CONFIG_EMBEDDED, since the system didn't use modules at > all anyhow. > So, in an attempt to arrive at a consensus: 1. ib_netlink will not be in a different module. Instead it will be a part of ib_uverbs. 2. I will rework the message serialization in both sides to use nl attributes and to be transported one record at a time. 3. For now, there will be no config option for ib_netlink.
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