From: Byungho An <bh74.an@samsung.com>
To: 'Stephen Hemminger' <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: 'Francois Romieu' <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org,
davem@davemloft.net, ilho215.lee@samsung.com,
siva.kallam@samsung.com, vipul.pandya@samsung.com,
ks.giri@samsung.com, 'Joe Perches' <joe@perches.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V2 RE-SEND 1/7] net: sxgbe: add basic framework for Samsung 10Gb ethernet driver
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:38:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <009c01cf4207$c8ada060$5a08e120$@samsung.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140317095853.27c27f6c@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:53:25 -0700
> Byungho An <bh74.an@samsung.com> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > They are used but they always point to the same set of methods.
> > > Those methods could thus be directly called.
> > Yes, those methods can be called directly.
> > But I think it is acceptable for manageability and extension for future.
>
> That argument is only valid if:
> 1. you have hardware that will use it but it is not ready.
> 2. they will get used in next release (in < 6 mo)
I agree, it is expected that they will be used in 3 ~ 4 mo
>
> Ths set of indirection has negative cost: it impedes readability, has to
be
> maintained, and hurts performance.
>
> One of the principles of agile programming is NOT to build infrastructure
until
> it is needed. Otherwise you are likely to build it wrong.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-17 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-13 6:55 [PATCH V2 RE-SEND 1/7] net: sxgbe: add basic framework for Samsung 10Gb ethernet driver Byungho An
2014-03-13 12:53 ` Joe Perches
2014-03-13 13:02 ` Joe Perches
2014-03-14 0:44 ` Francois Romieu
2014-03-16 0:09 ` Andrew.an
2014-03-16 23:11 ` Francois Romieu
2014-03-17 3:53 ` Byungho An
2014-03-17 16:58 ` Stephen Hemminger
2014-03-17 17:38 ` Byungho An [this message]
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