From f7c6a7b5d59980b076abbf2ceeb8735591290285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland Dreier Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 16:15:11 -0800 Subject: IB/uverbs: Export ib_umem_get()/ib_umem_release() to modules Export ib_umem_get()/ib_umem_release() and put low-level drivers in control of when to call ib_umem_get() to pin and DMA map userspace, rather than always calling it in ib_uverbs_reg_mr() before calling the low-level driver's reg_user_mr method. Also move these functions to be in the ib_core module instead of ib_uverbs, so that driver modules using them do not depend on ib_uverbs. This has a number of advantages: - It is better design from the standpoint of making generic code a library that can be used or overridden by device-specific code as the details of specific devices dictate. - Drivers that do not need to pin userspace memory regions do not need to take the performance hit of calling ib_mem_get(). For example, although I have not tried to implement it in this patch, the ipath driver should be able to avoid pinning memory and just use copy_{to,from}_user() to access userspace memory regions. - Buffers that need special mapping treatment can be identified by the low-level driver. For example, it may be possible to solve some Altix-specific memory ordering issues with mthca CQs in userspace by mapping CQ buffers with extra flags. - Drivers that need to pin and DMA map userspace memory for things other than memory regions can use ib_umem_get() directly, instead of hacks using extra parameters to their reg_phys_mr method. For example, the mlx4 driver that is pending being merged needs to pin and DMA map QP and CQ buffers, but it does not need to create a memory key for these buffers. So the cleanest solution is for mlx4 to call ib_umem_get() in the create_qp and create_cq methods. Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier --- drivers/infiniband/Kconfig | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/infiniband/Kconfig') diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig index 66b36de9fa6f..82afba5c0bf4 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig @@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ config INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS libibverbs, libibcm and a hardware driver library from . +config INFINIBAND_USER_MEM + bool + depends on INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS != n + default y + config INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS bool depends on INFINIBAND && INET -- cgit v1.2.2 From 225c7b1feef1b41170f7037a5b10a65cd8a42c54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland Dreier Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 18:00:38 -0700 Subject: IB/mlx4: Add a driver Mellanox ConnectX InfiniBand adapters Add an InfiniBand driver for Mellanox ConnectX adapters. Because these adapters can also be used as ethernet NICs and Fibre Channel HBAs, the driver is split into two modules: mlx4_core: Handles low-level things like device initialization and processing firmware commands. Also controls resource allocation so that the InfiniBand, ethernet and FC functions can share a device without stepping on each other. mlx4_ib: Handles InfiniBand-specific things; plugs into the InfiniBand midlayer. Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier --- drivers/infiniband/Kconfig | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/infiniband/Kconfig') diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig index 82afba5c0bf4..37deaae49190 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/infiniband/Kconfig @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ source "drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig" source "drivers/infiniband/hw/amso1100/Kconfig" source "drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/Kconfig" +source "drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/Kconfig" + source "drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/Kconfig" source "drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/Kconfig" -- cgit v1.2.2