[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] RFC Verbs: add support for transport specific verbs

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Sean Hefty <sean.hefty at intel.com>:
> Subject: [PATCH] RFC Verbs: add support for transport specific verbs
> 
> Add support for transport specific extensions to the ib_device verbs.
> Relocate process_mad as an IB specific verb.
> 
> This provides a mechanism to add iWarp specific functionality, such as
> the iWarp CM calls, to ib_device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty at intel.com>

Is it worth it to separate these things out?
Even within IB lots of methods are optional - so why cant an iWarp device just
avoid defining process_local_mad, and IB device avoid defining iWarp CM ops?

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Michael S. Tsirkin
Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies