Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mailuogwhop.emc.com ([168.159.213.141]:44813 "EHLO mailuogwhop.emc.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754172AbaCCTzA convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:55:00 -0500 From: "faibish, sorin" To: Christoph Hellwig CC: Chuck Lever , "linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" , Linux NFS Mailing List , Shirley Ma , Wendy Cheng Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:54:13 -0500 Subject: Re: Proposal for simplifying NFS/RDMA client memory registration Message-ID: <79E85B7D-5ECC-4A63-BB07-C45A570DA53D@emc.com> References: <01C4496A-F074-4F72-9DF0-6076C05E8A1F@oracle.com> <20140303190733.GA4556@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20140303190733.GA4556@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Sent from my iPad > On Mar 3, 2014, at 7:09 PM, "Christoph Hellwig" wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 12:02:33PM -0500, Chuck Lever wrote: >> All HCAs in 3.13 (and rxe) can support either MTHCA_FMR or FRMR or both. Wendy?s HCA supports only ALLPHYSICAL. > > Is Wendy planning to submit her HCA driver ASAP? If not there's not > reason to keep ALLPHYSICAL either. I second Christoph. Legacy is good as long as there are users of Linux with the legacy server. I would say that the only reason to keep it is if Linux server will support it. Same we apply to Lustre client in kernel. ./Sorin > >> Does it make sense to deprecate then remove the registration modes in the first list? > > Yes. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >