Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] RDMA: Add indication for in kernel API support to IB device

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On Tue, Jan 01, 2019 at 11:30:24AM +0200, Gal Pressman wrote:
> Drivers that do not provide kernel verbs support should communicate that
> to the ULPs before they try to use the device and fail.
> This patch allows drivers to indicate whether the device provides
> support for kernel API usage with the 'kverbs_provider' flag and makes
> ib clients not add unsupported devices.

General comment, if we decide to proceed this path, the implementation
shouldn't touch ULPs and drivers and needs to be implemented in IB/core
only.

Thanks

>
> No functional changes were introduced in this patch, all devices are
> marked as kernel providers. Downstream patch will adjust relevant
> drivers.

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