Re: [PATCH V1 rdma-core 0/6] Expanding raw packet capabilities

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On Wed, 2017-03-15 at 17:27 +0200, Yishai Hadas wrote:
> Sending V1 to better describe the API as part of commit logs and man
> pages,
> details below.
> 
> This series from Noa is the complementary user space part
> of the kernel code that was merged into 4.11.
> 
> This series unifies all existing raw packet capabilities under a new
> field in ibv_device_attr_ex named raw_packet_caps. This field is
> defined
> by the ibv_raw_packet_caps enum.
> 
> The existing IP csum and scatter FCS capabilities were added to the
> enum and a new capability was introduced - cvlan stripping offload.
> 
> Cvlan stripping is the device's capability to remove the cvlan from
> an incoming raw packet and provide the data in the matching work
> completion.
> 
> This series also:
> - Allows creation of WQ and raw Ethernet QP with cvlan stripping
> capability.
> - Allows setting and unsetting of cvlan stripping capability for an
> existing WQ.
> - Allows creation of WQ with scatter FCS offload.
> - Allows reading the cvlan data from ibv_cq_ex.
> 
> Details for above was added as part of the commit logs and the
> relevant
> man pages.
> 
> Pull request was sent:
> https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/pull/96
> 
> Changes from V0:
> - Extend commit logs to better describe the usage from user point of
> view.
> - Per API change put the corresponding man page change in the same
> patch to
>   clarify the usage. 
> - Drop patch #6 which held the changes for all the man pages together
> as of
>   the above change.
> - Align involved man pages with current code where stuff was missing
> and extend
>   to better describe the new functionality.

Thanks, version 1 of the series merged.

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