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    mlx4: MAD_IFC paravirtualization · 0a9a0188
    Jack Morgenstein authored
    The MAD_IFC firmware command fulfills two functions.
    
    First, it is used in the QP0/QP1 MAD-handling flow to obtain
    information from the FW (for answering queries), and for setting
    variables in the HCA (MAD SET packets).
    
    For this, MAD_IFC should provide the FW (physical) view of the data.
    This is the view that OpenSM needs.  We call this the "network view".
    
    In the second case, MAD_IFC is used by various verbs to obtain data
    regarding the local HCA (e.g., ib_query_device()).  We call this the
    "host view".
    
    This data needs to be paravirtualized.
    
    MAD_IFC therefore needs a wrapper function, and also needs another
    flag indicating whether it should provide the network view (when it is
    called by ib_process_mad in special-qp packet handling), or the host
    view (when it is called while implementing a verb).
    
    There are currently 2 flag parameters in mlx4_MAD_IFC already:
    ignore_bkey and ignore_mkey.  These two parameters are replaced by a
    single "mad_ifc_flags" parameter, with different bits set for each
    flag.  A third flag is added: "network-view/host-view".
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJack Morgenstein <jackm@dev.mellanox.co.il>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRoland Dreier <roland@purestorage.com>
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