Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Request for Comments on SoftiWarp

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On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 12:38:47PM -0500, Steve Wise wrote:

> > > And currently the kernel side does nothing with driver_id.
> > 
> > The ioctl path checks it.
> > 
> > > Should it export the driver id to sysfs?
> > 
> > I was hoping we could discover this over netlink and avoid changing
> > sysfs.. But timelines might not work out for that now - Leon?
> > 
> 
> So the goal is to get rid of sysfs as the way libibverbs gets info on kernel
> side objects?  and instead use netlink?

Yes, it solves major problems with containers and also device
renaming, so it seems like a good idea.

Jason



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