On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 04:08:25PM -0800, Vishwanathapura, Niranjana wrote:
> In order to pass the hfi function pointers to the hfi_vnic ULP, I can, > a) Have hfi_vnic ULP define an interface API for hfi1 driver to call to > register its callback (as you pointed). Unfortunately there will be a module > dependency here. > Or, That is probably backwards > b) Add a new member ‘struct vnic_ops’ either to the ib_device structure or > ib_port_immutable structure. As it is hfi1 specific, only hfi1 driver will > set it. No module dependency here. You can add a hfi1_get_vnic_ops(struct ib_device *) and implement it in your module.. > And will move the hfi_vnic module under > ‘drivers/infiniband/ulp/hfi_vnic’. I would prefer drivers/net/ethernet This is clearly not a ULP since it doesn't use verbs. Jason
