On 8/8/2017 12:05 PM, Doug Ledford wrote:
On Thu, 2017-06-08 at 13:37 -0400, Don Hiatt wrote:
slid field in struct ib_wc is increased to 32 bits.
This enables core components to use larger LIDs if needed.
The user ABI is unchanged and return 16 bit values when queried.
Hi Don,
My comments here are not really about this particular patch, I just
grabbed it from the pile as one to respond to. But my question is
this:
Multiple of these patch say the user ABI is unchanged and return 16 bit
values when queried. What's your plan for a long term solution to
this? Eventually, the user ABI will need to be extended to support
32bit LIDs, yes? Or do you plan to try and hide this forever?
As for the kernel to user space driver API, I waffled a bit about
whether we shouldn't go ahead and return the 32bit value to the driver
and let it do the conversion to 16 bit for the user ABI, then decided
this method provides a cleaner means of supporting newer kernels with
older verbs OPA drivers and so didn't object, but it still leaves the
question about the long term plans here.
Hi Doug,
Our long term plan is to use the new verbs 2 API for extending
the LID size. We do not plan to keep this hidden forever and plan to
use the new API once it's available.
Thanks.
don
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