From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 058EEC77B7A for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:38:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62CFF81E20; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:38:38 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp1.osuosl.org 62CFF81E20 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=osuosl.org; s=default; t=1681749518; bh=Lm4/Hjb01USWFWE3FyfiNJqIpSOmKqsXNQLoNEP3u/M=; h=Date:From:To:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:List-Id: List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe: Cc:From; b=z7VZl3RickQj60AhrmCuSWOkPg6MlxexH4AM9i8AAr/tw+uUUacXqck9Mogr5g1Lu QQ0dmQ1c1hi6SqjUsK6NQx8ljNM3BVenQ7fJQsyAmKopukBk5odTJgA62TpuCdZNCP kFxY9xHXP66+z0LGBrmVOZ6QkwTLP55gNyO3rb+rnAvuze5MdFVxWoq2UNs61Au4y8 BvTHcbG6PtD3jqv4njUdwGP6OsSE6WFQbWZgLX4OlMRMs9yd1MMDYDHGfrzKA7ikkM 0isHeGJKIav1F+bcrLuEFEh5kktr7XGvwjS1ilG1R8tEYlcHoMOJm4KHgwiuZzd36L E+eBmHL0A5msA== X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MiWgVh_m7QlO; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:38:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ash.osuosl.org (ash.osuosl.org [140.211.166.34]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B8BE81E24; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:38:37 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp1.osuosl.org 7B8BE81E24 Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by ash.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 392491BF3E0 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:38:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B22181E20 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:38:36 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp1.osuosl.org 1B22181E20 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id styi-0Wum1uB for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:38:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.8.0 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp1.osuosl.org 6F35581E19 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F35581E19 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:38:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5E7C461A11; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:38:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3C882C433D2; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:38:33 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:38:32 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Sasha Levin Message-ID: <20230417093832.686d0799@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20230411011354.2619359-1-pavan.kumar.linga@intel.com> <643703892094_69bfb294a3@willemb.c.googlers.com.notmuch> <20230412192434.53d55c20@kernel.org> <20230414152744.4fd219f9@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1681749513; bh=UIcbgmX53wdhHABZ1JIhU1zwxYYSwNI6E1wGq28Ge0c=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=n27BAVd2rXyx+l7JMv4M/tvCuSp6LLB+GuxvMUmppwqQqxyRcqHG8mM+9RbC4ixb9 s0m41VPJ1LQQ3u/4IY3xRgIdx37yV+ViBqx75xs8JUe89PSkBmDLHdBW12gZKhmOSO l0Bj7/RskmXXfR5P/SNi+EqOkqyaPYb1tzb+MMotVgant1HkzA2uEF31rKmkkbS35h WhpCxCK7bRKy/tGyfMeSZrWWowYs6ZY9MxAl0M7zm6/09p6O9Ilw/HDoxJzyzLPnnc mPAToxURSYi9xtUpnnft66wUwQKzRFZBOKSaeIrdUaCq7M1dr3ZLKpTO7Wta4GQVzb 74695ZdRWNkXA== X-Mailman-Original-Authentication-Results: smtp1.osuosl.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20201202 header.b=n27BAVd2 Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v2 00/15] Introduce Intel IDPF driver X-BeenThere: intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Intel Wired Ethernet Linux Kernel Driver Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Willem de Bruijn , pabeni@redhat.com, willemb@google.com, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, edumazet@google.com, intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, decot@google.com, davem@davemloft.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org Sender: "Intel-wired-lan" On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 13:16:23 -0400 Sasha Levin wrote: > Sorry, I may not have explained myself well. My concern is not around > what's standard and what's not, nor around where in the kernel tree > these drivers live. My bad, I thought you were looking at this from the stable tree's angle. > I'm concerned that down the road we may end up with two drivers that > have the same name, and are working with hardware so similar that it > might be confusing to understand which driver a user should be using. > > Yes, it's not something too big, but we have an opportunity to think > about this before committing to anything that might be a pain down the > road. Indeed, the "update" Willem mentioned should be at most a quirk or capability exchange with the device within this driver. Two drivers would be unacceptable. _______________________________________________ Intel-wired-lan mailing list Intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-wired-lan