Re: [PATCH] [libibverbs] Allow 3rd party extensions to verb routines

2011-12-05 Thread Or Gerlitz
Roland Dreier wrote: > I want to do a checkpoint release of libibverbs with IBoE support > (ie what's in the tree already) and then get XRC in. This makes sense, could we add also that little patch to support FDR @ http://marc.info/?l=linux-rdma&m=131805712306662&w=2 the kernel FDR patches are i

Re: [PATCH] [libibverbs] Allow 3rd party extensions to verb routines

2011-12-01 Thread Roland Dreier
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Hefty, Sean wrote: > Have you had a chance to think about this patch?  It would be nice to have > user space xrc support defined to match up with the kernel. I think this is the right approach -- need to get a big enough chunk of time to look into the details. I

Re: [PATCH] [libibverbs] Allow 3rd party extensions to verb routines

2011-12-01 Thread Or Gerlitz
On 11/30/2011 11:38 PM, Hefty, Sean wrote: [...] Also, any thoughts on the direction of AF_IB for adding support for native IB addresses through the rdma_cm? yes, see some questions and comments over that thread -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the bod

RE: [PATCH] [libibverbs] Allow 3rd party extensions to verb routines

2011-11-30 Thread Hefty, Sean
Roland and everyone else, Have you had a chance to think about this patch? It would be nice to have user space xrc support defined to match up with the kernel. Also, any thoughts on the direction of AF_IB for adding support for native IB addresses through the rdma_cm? - Sean -- To unsubscribe

[PATCH] [libibverbs] Allow 3rd party extensions to verb routines

2011-11-03 Thread Hefty, Sean
In order to support OFED, vendor specific calls, or new ibverbs operations, define a generic extension mechanism. This allows OFED, an RDMA vendor, or another registered 3rd party (for example, the librdmacm) to define RDMA extensions, plus provides a backwards compatible way to add new features t