Re: [PATCH net-next 19/19] mtty: Optionally support mtty alias

Cornelia Huck
2019-11-08T13:46:30Z

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 10:08:34 -0600
Parav Pandit <parav@mellanox.com> wrote:

> Provide a module parameter to set alias length to optionally generate
> mdev alias.
>
> Example to request mdev alias.
> $ modprobe mtty alias_length=12
>
> Make use of mtty_alias() API when alias_length module parameter is set.
>
> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@mellanox.com>
> ---
> samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

If you already have code using the alias interface, you probably don't
need to add it to the sample driver here. Especially as the alias looks
kind of pointless here.