[openib-general] [KDAPL] module initialization order

[James Lentini]

roland>     Itamar> I still see problem when NFSoRDMA or any other dat
roland>     Itamar> consumer and dat will be build statically but the
roland>     Itamar> dat_provider (ib,iwarp,...) will be build as a module.
roland> 
roland>     Itamar> who will protect the dat consumer ?  how will the dat
roland>     Itamar> consumer know that there is no dat_provider available when
roland>     Itamar> dat_provider modules are not loaded?
roland> 
roland> It seems that the kDAPL design of having consumers call a function to
roland> get a list of adapters does not fit very well with the Linux model of
roland> adapters appearing asynchronously due to drivers being loaded or even
roland> due to device hotplug.

What would be the correct way to provide consumers this information in 
the Linux model?