Re: [RFC] libibverbs IB device hotplug support

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On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 12:17 AM, Weiny, Ira <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > What happens if this is a dual port device and only one of the 2 IB
>> > ports are changed?  So many things like AH, Path Records, etc are tied to the
>> "device"
>> > but really they should be tied to the port.
>>
>> The newer ConnectX4 (and forward) devices expose a pci function per port, so
>> reconfiguring a port link layer will hotplug only that pci function.
>>
>
> Interesting...  Do you have a "struct ib_device" for each pci function?
>
> Ira
>

yes. that how mlx5 devices are mapped on the PCI bus. each will have a
separate function with single port.
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