Re: [PATCH] rdma: Remove nes

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On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 06:48:53PM +0000, Saleem, Shiraz wrote:
> > Subject: [PATCH] rdma: Remove nes
> >
> > From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This driver was first merged over 10 years ago and has not seen major activity by
> > the authors in the last 7 years. However, in that time it has been patched 150 times
> > to adapt it to changing kernel APIs.
> >
> > Further, the hardware has several issues, like not supporting 64 bit DMA, that make
> > it rather uninteresting for use with modern systems and RDMA.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  .../ABI/stable/sysfs-class-infiniband         |   17 -
> >  MAINTAINERS                                   |    8 -
> >  drivers/infiniband/Kconfig                    |    1 -
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/Makefile                |    1 -
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/Kconfig             |   15 -
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/Makefile            |    3 -
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes.c               | 1205 -----
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes.h               |  574 ---
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c            | 3992 -----------------
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.h            |  470 --
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_context.h       |  193 -
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_hw.c            | 3887 ----------------
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_hw.h            | 1380 ------
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_mgt.c           | 1155 -----
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_mgt.h           |   97 -
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c           | 1870 --------
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_utils.c         |  915 ----
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c         | 3754 ----------------
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.h         |  198 -
> >  include/uapi/rdma/nes-abi.h                   |  115 -
> >  20 files changed, 19850 deletions(-)
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/Kconfig  delete mode 100644
> > drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/Makefile
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes.c  delete mode 100644
> > drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes.h  delete mode 100644
> > drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.h
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_context.h
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_hw.c
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_hw.h
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_mgt.c
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_mgt.h
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_utils.c
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.h
> >  delete mode 100644 include/uapi/rdma/nes-abi.h
> >
>
> Thank you!
>
> Reviewed-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx>

Extra thing, can you please add a comment in
include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl_cmds.h near RDMA_DRIVER_NES that this
driver is removed.

Thanks



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