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Date:      Tue, 18 Apr 2023 22:19:30 +0000
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Mina_Gali=C4=87?= <freebsd@igalic.co>
To:        Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-infiniband@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Ifconfig limitations
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> On 4/18/23 11:44, Mina Gali=C4=87 wrote:
>=20
> > Hi HPS,
> >=20
> > i don't see those sysctl entries for regular devices?
> > is this infiniband specific?
> > or is there anything I need to enable to get these sysctls?
> >=20
> > Kind regards,
>=20
>=20
> Hi,

Hi

> The sysctl entries you are referring to are created by ibcore.ko .
> Unless the network card attaches to those API's
> like mlx5ib, no such entries exist.

Do you know how the sysctl entries interact with renaming an interface?

I know that the dev. hierarchy is perfectly ignorant of renames.

> In upstream FreeBSD there is no software infiniband or RoCE support.

I'm not sure I know what that means. (aside from being quite ignorant of In=
finiband and its modes)
Does that mean that only special vendor supplied drivers and or software wo=
uld expose that functionality?

> --HPS

Kind regards,

Mina



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