[openib-general] [PATCH][iWARP] Added provider CM verbs andquery provider methods

Roland Dreier rolandd at cisco.com
Thu Aug 25 16:19:04 PDT 2005


    Steve> Would you rather we put this in a CM device struct of some
    Steve> sort?  And have rnic devices export a CM device that has
    Steve> these sorts of methods?  To me that's basically the same as
    Steve> adding it to the struct ib_device.

I think if we really need these new methods, then they might as well
be in the rdma_device structure.

    Steve> Well, i haven't seen any other iwarp device at this detail
    Steve> (i only know of three iwarp devices in existance), so i
    Steve> cannot tell you.  Perhaps the other vendors can respond.

I think it's important for us to understand whether this is an
Amasso-specific interface or something that will work in the general
case.  Perhaps someone from Broadcom and/or NetEffect (or some other
vendor) can comment?

 - R.



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