Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] Attach/detach SoftiWarp to/from network and RDMA subsystem

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On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 02:37:06PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 11:29:38AM +0000, Bernard Metzler wrote:
>
> > One question I have - what is the recommended way of replacing
> > those module parameters, if we need to flexibly parameterize
> > things from user land? For the rxe driver, I see the usage of
> > module_param_cb, but this probably is not what we want in the
> > long run? Would a sysctl be appropriate, or a char device
> > (we may need to pass strings like interface names), or configfs?
>
> Probably something like 'rdmatool interface attach' eg cause it to
> create using the RDMA netlink protocol.
>
> Leon?

https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg58498.html
"It looks like "ip" tool can be good fit ..."

ip link add ...
ip link set ...

>
> I'd like to see the same for rxe as it solves module autoloading
> problems.

+1

>
> Jason

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