[openib-general][RFC]: CMA IB implementation

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 13:10, Sean Hefty wrote: 
> > 4. ATS registration
> > sean> I think that ATS registration/deregistration should be integrated 
> > with
> > sean> IPoIB.
> > 
> > I don't think there is a consensus around that, but I don't know all 
> > details.
> 
> This makes more sense to me than having the ATS code deference IPoIB private 
> data structures.  

That's just the way it is implemented today. There could be a public way
to get the device, port, and pkey from IPoIB.

> However, if adding an rdma_ptr to the net_device can avoid 
> this, then that will work. 

Good. Then there's agreement on adding this at leaast amongst the
OpenIBers.

> And to be clear, I was referring to only 
> registration/deregistration, not ATS queries.  It looks like the ATS code 
> periodically scans all network devices in the system looking for changes in 
> order to update the ATS records.

Where do you see that ? I think it only does that on notification events
from netdev or inet.

-- Hal