Re: Is anyone working on implementing LAG in ib core?

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On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 11:48:04AM +0800, Weihang Li wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We plan to implement LAG in hns drivers recently, and as we know, there is
> already a mature and stable solution in the mlx5 driver. Considering that
> the net subsystem in kernel adopt the strategy that the framework implement
> bonding, we think it's reasonable to add LAG feature to the ib core based
> on mlx5's implementation. So that all drivers including hns and mlx5 can
> benefit from it.
> 
> In previous discussions with Leon about achieving reporting of ib port link
> event in ib core, Leon mentioned that there might be someone trying to do
> this.
> 
> So may I ask if there is anyone working on LAG in ib core or planning to
> implement it in near future? I will appreciate it if you can share your
> progress with me and maybe we can finish it together.
> 
> If nobody is working on this, our team may take a try to implement LAG in
> the core. Any comments and suggestion are welcome.

This is something that needs to be done, I understand several of the
other drivers are going to want to use LAG and we certainly can't have
everything copied into each driver.

Jason



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