[openib-general] [PATCH] IB/Kconfig: add help text and change CMA config name

Or Gerlitz ogerlitz at voltaire.com
Sun Sep 17 04:52:09 PDT 2006


Roland Dreier wrote:
>     Or> change INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS to INFINIBAND_RDMA_CM and add
>     Or> help text clarifying what the thing does. Adding the help text
>     Or> also has the side effect of the cma config being visible when
>     Or> one does make menuconfig
> 
> Why do we want to make this config option visible?  Isn't it better
> for it to just take the right value automatically?

I want it to be visible so if some other config **depends** on it the 
use can **see** this config and select it.

Also as of the importance of the rdma cm within the IB stack being along 
with the ib verbs the second access point to ULP coders, seeing its 
config and documenting it is important.

Or.





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