> Chien Tung wrote: > >> Actually it seems that you attach a struct ib_device to > each netdev > >> (eg a two-port NIC gets two RDMA devices with iw_nes) so Steve's > >> scheme should work fine for you too? (I just looked on a > system with > >> a two-port NIC and I do see nes0 and nes1 devices) > > > > After some discussion with our architect, Steve's scheme > will work for us by limiting to one netdev per physical port. > Does "one netdev per port" means something (what?) will not > be supported when VLANs are (eg nes0.4001, nes1.4002, etc) > would be used? > > Or.
I was not referring to VLAN netdevs. We can have multiple netdevs backed by HW resources per physical port. Currently we are only creating one per PCI function/physical port. You can create VLAN interfaces on top of those netdevs up to OS limit. Chien _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
