Re: [net-next PATCH 00/15] eth: fbnic: Add network driver for Meta Platforms Host Network Interface

David Ahern
2024-04-05T03:08:45Z

On 4/4/24 9:37 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 17:24:03 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> Given the discussion going on in the thread "mlx5 ConnectX control
>> misc driver", you also plan to show you don't need such a misc driver?
>
> To the extent to which it is possible to prove an in-existence
> of something :) Since my argument that Meta can use _vendor_ devices
> without resorting to "misc drivers" doesn't convince them, I doubt
> this data point would help.
>

When this device gets widely deployed and you have the inevitable
production problems (inevitable in this sense this is designed,
implemented and deployed by humans who make mistakes and then S/W has to
compensate for the quirks), you can see whether it is easy to
completely, sanely and efficiently debug those problems solely with
extensions to open source tools.

But, I am guessing that is still 1+ years away before you will know.