>-----Original Message----- >From: linux-rdma-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-rdma- >owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Leon Romanovsky >Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2018 2:11 PM >To: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> >Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; netdev ><netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; RDMA mailing list <linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; >Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [PATCH iproute2-next v3] rdma: Document IB device renaming >option > >From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Hi Leon, After looking at this and Steve Wise's changes for the ADDLINK/DELLINK, it occurred to me that the driver that handed the name to ib_register_device() might be interested in knowing that this name change occurred. Are there plans to include a some kind of notify mechanism so drivers can find out when things like this occur? Is this something that should be done? Thanks, Mike >[leonro@server /]$ lspci |grep -i Ether >00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Red Hat, Inc. Virtio network device >00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27700 Family >[ConnectX-4] >[leonro@server /]$ sudo rdma dev >1: mlx5_0: node_type ca fw 3.8.9999 node_guid 5254:00c0:fe12:3455 >sys_image_guid 5254:00c0:fe12:3455 >[leonro@server /]$ sudo rdma dev set mlx5_0 name hfi1_0 >[leonro@server /]$ sudo rdma dev >1: hfi1_0: node_type ca fw 3.8.9999 node_guid 5254:00c0:fe12:3455 >sys_image_guid 5254:00c0:fe12:3455 > >Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >--- >Changelog: >v2->v3: > * Dropped "to be named" words from example section of man >--- > man/man8/rdma-dev.8 | 15 ++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > >diff --git a/man/man8/rdma-dev.8 b/man/man8/rdma-dev.8 >index 461681b6..7c275180 100644 >--- a/man/man8/rdma-dev.8 >+++ b/man/man8/rdma-dev.8 >@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ > .TH RDMA\-DEV 8 "06 Jul 2017" "iproute2" "Linux" > .SH NAME >-rdmak-dev \- RDMA device configuration >+rdma-dev \- RDMA device configuration > .SH SYNOPSIS > .sp > .ad l >@@ -22,10 +22,18 @@ rdmak-dev \- RDMA device configuration > .B rdma dev show > .RI "[ " DEV " ]" > >+.ti -8 >+.B rdma dev set >+.RI "[ " DEV " ]" >+.BR name >+.BR NEWNAME >+ > .ti -8 > .B rdma dev help > > .SH "DESCRIPTION" >+.SS rdma dev set - rename rdma device >+ > .SS rdma dev show - display rdma device attributes > > .PP >@@ -45,6 +53,11 @@ rdma dev show mlx5_3 > Shows the state of specified RDMA device. > .RE > .PP >+rdma dev set mlx5_3 name rdma_0 >+.RS 4 >+Renames the mlx5_3 device to rdma_0. >+.RE >+.PP > > .SH SEE ALSO > .BR rdma (8), >-- >2.19.1
