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

From: Abhijit Gangurde
Date: Wed Jul 30 2025 - 01:12:36 EST



On 7/23/25 23:40, Randy Dunlap wrote:

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.

Thanks. I will correct the title of the RDMA driver.

Abhijit


+
+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