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bh=A2KSc1kXng4vnsnFRz8+dsnD1ubtZKrqhs97kWLQn+8=; b=wsEeNyo2QnYo72Gs8k3yMse5LCdRUpUJRe6p+ElOp8uUxprTgz2qHnEq/xB7dIgN5f NOpC8gdgvN+NuBY20ns6nW46L6GuchsEEBd7NWBV6M40ulJoiaWpMx4OMov6QDP6EgfS GJ8TMgA17G9/h4D9XMT5xo0E6pG6vbaMzuvrBitP393pbec4zfxL2dSulzEmn7eOwPZV /B1LBj0HUbDmnQqj+dYxg2rETKJd0qqhSllnV8saKvFyYYZx7eIJ+smjerQN9gs9O7IU Q3Vf6A39hspzol7XEE8m+7b1vvDnilBUamXqpJ+Gk+zyfgk77LOfR2D9r2rGyx+qQ8Zz n3tQ== X-Mailman-Original-Authentication-Results: smtp4.osuosl.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=resnulli.us X-Mailman-Original-Authentication-Results: smtp4.osuosl.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=resnulli-us.20230601.gappssmtp.com header.i=@resnulli-us.20230601.gappssmtp.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20230601 header.b=wsEeNyo2 Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v4 4/5] ice: Add tx_scheduling_layers devlink param 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: Przemek Kitszel , Lukasz Czapnik , netdev@vger.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, horms@kernel.org, Mateusz Polchlopek , Jakub Kicinski Errors-To: intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org Sender: "Intel-wired-lan" Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 04:41:52PM CET, andrew@lunn.ch wrote: >> What if it would not be unique, should they then proceed to add generic >> (other word would be "common") param, and make the other driver/s use >> it? Without deprecating the old method ofc. > >If it is useful, somebody else will copy it and it will become >common. If nobody copies it, its probably not useful :-) > >A lot of what we do in networking comes from standard. Its the >standards which gives us interoperability. Also, there is the saying, >form follows function. There are only so many ways you can implement >the same thing. > >Is anybody truly building unique hardware, whos form somehow does not >follow function and is yet still standards compliant? More likely, >they are just the first, and others will copy or re-invent it sooner >or later. Wait, standard in protocol sense is completely parallel to the hw/fw implementations. They may be (and in reality they are) a lots of tunables to tweak specific hw/fw internals. So modern nics are very unique. Still providing the same inputs and outputs, protocol-wise. > >So for me, unique is a pretty high bar to reach. > > Andrew >