Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 07:13:42AM CEST, sfel...@gmail.com wrote: >On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us> wrote: >> From: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com> >> >> Add the ability to construct mailbox-style register access messages >> called EMADs with provisions to construct and parse the registers payload. >> Implement EMAD transaction layer which is responsible for the reliable >> transmission of EMADs. >> Also, add an infrastructure used by the switch driver to register for >> particular events generated by the device. > >What is this EMADs used for? Is this for intra-switch or inter-switch >communications?
It is used for passing configuration messages to/from switch device. It is also used for events. EMADS are passed inside skb like ordinary packets. They do not leave the switch. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
