Re: [PATCH rdma-next 00/13] Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) driver

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On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 04:31:40PM +0000, Hefty, Sean wrote:
> > > efa_port_link_layer() need to return more appropriate link layer
> > that reflects the addresses defined in ah.
> > >
> > 
> > We can add a new EFA link layer if it makes sense, the address format
> > is proprietary (does not match existing link types).
> 
> If the link layer is truly Ethernet, I don’t think it makes sense to
> return anything else.  The link layer should not define the network
> addressing used in the AH.  Introducing a new address format field
> for this purpose makes more sense.

Yah, we have the crazy if (rdma_cap*) bleck stuff for figuring out
what the AH is in the kernel.

But none of this really matters for a non-verbs driver.

Jason



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