NAME

       mlx5dv_open_device - Open an RDMA device context for the mlx5 provider

SYNOPSIS

              #include <infiniband/mlx5dv.h>

              struct ibv_context *
              mlx5dv_open_device(struct ibv_device *device, struct mlx5dv_context_attr *attr);

DESCRIPTION

       Open an RDMA device context with specific mlx5 provider attributes.

ARGUMENTS

       device RDMA device to open.

   attr argument
              struct mlx5dv_context_attr {
                      uint32_t flags;
                      uint64_t comp_mask;
              };

       flags

              A bitwise OR of the various values described below.

              *MLX5DV_CONTEXT_FLAGS_DEVX*:
              Allocate a DEVX context

       comp_mask

              Bitmask specifying what fields in the structure are valid

RETURN VALUE

       Returns a pointer to the allocated device context, or NULL if the request fails.

SEE ALSO

       ibv_open_device(3)

AUTHOR

       Yishai Hadas <yishaih@mellanox.com>

                                                                                           mlx5dv_open_device(3)