Re: [PATCH v4 14/14] RDMA/ionic: Add Makefile/Kconfig to kernel build environment

[Randy Dunlap]

On 7/23/25 10:31 AM, Abhijit Gangurde wrote:
> Add ionic to the kernel build environment.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Allen Hubbe <allen.hubbe@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Allen Hubbe <allen.hubbe@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Abhijit Gangurde <abhijit.gangurde@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2->v3
>   - Removed select of ethernet driver
>   - Fixed make htmldocs error
> 
>  .../device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst         |  1 +
>  .../ethernet/pensando/ionic_rdma.rst          | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |  9 ++++
>  drivers/infiniband/Kconfig                    |  1 +
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/Makefile                |  1 +
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/Kconfig           | 15 +++++++
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/Makefile          |  9 ++++
>  7 files changed, 79 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/pensando/ionic_rdma.rst
>  create mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/Kconfig
>  create mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/Makefile
> 

> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/pensando/ionic_rdma.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/pensando/ionic_rdma.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..80c4d9876d3e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/pensando/ionic_rdma.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +
> +============================================================
> +Linux Driver for the AMD Pensando(R) Ethernet adapter family
> +============================================================

Please try to differentiate the title of this driver from that of
the Pensando ethernet driver:

========================================================
Linux Driver for the Pensando(R) Ethernet adapter family
========================================================

Thanks.

> +
> +AMD Pensando RDMA driver.
> +Copyright (C) 2018-2025, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> +
> +Contents
> +========
> +
> +- Identifying the Adapter
> +- Enabling the driver
> +- Support
> +
> +Identifying the Adapter
> +=======================
> +
> +See Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/pensando/ionic.rst
> +for more information on identifying the adapter.
> +
> +Enabling the driver
> +===================
> +
> +The driver is enabled via the standard kernel configuration system,
> +using the make command::
> +
> +  make oldconfig/menuconfig/etc.
> +
> +The driver is located in the menu structure at:
> +
> +  -> Device Drivers
> +    -> InfiniBand support
> +      -> AMD Pensando DSC RDMA/RoCE Support
> +
> +Support
> +=======
> +
> +For general Linux rdma support, please use the rdma mailing
> +list, which is monitored by AMD Pensando personnel::
> +
> +  linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-- 
~Randy