On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 10:28:00AM -0600, Steve Wise wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 09:29:04AM -0600, Steve Wise wrote: > > > > > Maybe to add a network interface to a soft-rdma device like rxe, we > could > > create a syntax like this: > > > > > > rdma link set rxe_eth0 dev eth0 > > > > More like: > > > > rdma link add rxe_eth0 type rxe dev eth0 > > > > 'type rxe' triggers the kernel to dispatch to the rxe or siw driver to > > create the interface. > > Type doesn't sound right though. in the current rdma synax, it would be > 'dev'. Maybe: > > rdma link add rxe_eth0 dev rxe netdev eth0 Type is the consistent tag with 'ip link add'. Using 'dev' would be very confusing and surprising since in these tools it always refers to some existing device. Jason -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
