[PATCH net-next 8/9] net/eipoib: Add Makefile, Kconfig and MAINTAINERS entries
From: Or Gerlitz <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-10 12:16:32
Subsystem:
networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
From: Erez Shitrit <redacted> Add Kconfig entry under drivers/net and MAINTAINERS entry for eIPoIB, also add the driver makefile. Signed-off-by: Erez Shitrit <redacted> Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <redacted> Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <redacted> --- MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++ drivers/net/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++++++++ drivers/net/Makefile | 1 + drivers/net/eipoib/Makefile | 4 ++++ 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 drivers/net/eipoib/Makefile
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 8da1373..582f8de 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS@@ -2618,6 +2618,12 @@ L: netdev@vger.kernel.org S: Maintained F: drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ +EIPoIB (Ethernet services over IPoIB) DRIVER +M: Erez Shitrit <erezsh@mellanox.com> +L: netdev@vger.kernel.org +S: Supported +F: drivers/net/eipoib/ + EMBEDDED LINUX M: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> M: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 0c2bd80..09c0352 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig@@ -68,6 +68,21 @@ config DUMMY To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called dummy. +config E_IPOIB + tristate "Ethernet Services over IPoIB" + depends on INFINIBAND_IPOIB + ---help--- + This driver supports Ethernet protocol over InfiniBand IPoIB devices. + Some services can run only on top of Ethernet L2 interfaces, and + cannot be bound to an IPoIB interface. With this new driver, these services + can run seamlessly. + + Main use case of the driver is the Ethernet Virtual Switching used in + virtualized environments, where an eipoib netdevice can be used as a + Physical Interface (PIF) in the hypervisor domain, and allow other guests + Virtual Interfaces (VIF) connected to the same Virtual Switch to run over + the InfiniBand fabric. + config EQUALIZER tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support" ---help---
diff --git a/drivers/net/Makefile b/drivers/net/Makefile
index 3d375ca..2c3409e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/Makefile@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CAIF) += caif/ obj-$(CONFIG_CAN) += can/ obj-$(CONFIG_ETRAX_ETHERNET) += cris/ obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA) += dsa/ +obj-$(CONFIG_E_IPOIB) += eipoib/ obj-$(CONFIG_ETHERNET) += ethernet/ obj-$(CONFIG_FDDI) += fddi/ obj-$(CONFIG_HIPPI) += hippi/
diff --git a/drivers/net/eipoib/Makefile b/drivers/net/eipoib/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b64e96e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/eipoib/Makefile@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +obj-$(CONFIG_E_IPOIB) := eth_ipoib.o +eth_ipoib-y := eth_ipoib_main.o \ + eth_ipoib_sysfs.o \ + eth_ipoib_ethtool.o
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