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From: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
To: gerlitz.or-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/16] add Intel X722 iWARP driver
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:21:39 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160121.112139.865122294942281441.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ3xEMgE1-EuNBmYVfLoBwjohcxt5tio6wtZn=TYvDAgQgh9cw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

From: Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:40:53 +0200

> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Faisal Latif <faisal.latif-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
>> We can certainly take up the discussion on improving the current port mapper design/implementation. But
>> that would be more appropriate in a separate thread.
> 
> If we observe a kernel API / mechanism which could be wrongly
> duplicated between two drivers, and now a new driver comes to town
> with C&P-ing this -- why not stopping and thinking before rushing to
> get the 3rd duplication upstream?

Yes, this really looks like a huge disaster.

People have to stop doing unique APIs in their drivers, especially
when equivalent functionality exists generically.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-01-21 19:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-20 19:40 [PATCH v3 00/16] add Intel X722 iWARP driver Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40 ` [PATCH v3 04/16] i40iw: add connection management code Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40 ` [PATCH v3 06/16] i40iw: add pble resource files Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40 ` [PATCH v3 09/16] i40iw: add files for iwarp interface Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40 ` [PATCH v3 10/16] i40iw: add file to handle cqp calls Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40 ` [PATCH v3 12/16] i40iw: add X722 register file Faisal Latif
     [not found] ` <1453318816-21672-1-git-send-email-faisal.latif-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-20 19:40   ` [PATCH v3 01/16] i40e: Add support for client interface for IWARP driver Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40   ` [PATCH v3 02/16] i40iw: add entry in rdma_netlink Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40   ` [PATCH v3 03/16] i40iw: add main, hdr, status Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40   ` [PATCH v3 05/16] i40iw: add puda code Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40   ` [PATCH v3 07/16] i40iw: add hmc resource files Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40   ` [PATCH v3 08/16] i40iw: add hw and utils files Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40   ` [PATCH v3 11/16] i40iw: add hardware related header files Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40   ` [PATCH v3 13/16] i40iw: user kernel shared files Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 22:24   ` [PATCH v3 00/16] add Intel X722 iWARP driver Or Gerlitz
2016-01-20 22:57     ` Steve Wise
2016-01-21  7:53       ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]         ` <56A08E8F.7090602-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-21 15:32           ` Steve Wise
2016-01-21 17:05             ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]               ` <56A10FEC.5020402-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-21 18:24                 ` Faisal Latif
2016-01-21 18:40                   ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                     ` <CAJ3xEMgE1-EuNBmYVfLoBwjohcxt5tio6wtZn=TYvDAgQgh9cw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-21 19:21                       ` David Miller [this message]
2016-04-04  7:39   ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]     ` <20160404073929.GA23218-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-04-04 17:59       ` Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40 ` [PATCH v3 14/16] i40iw: virtual channel handling files Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40 ` [PATCH v3 15/16] i40iw: Kconfig and Makefile for iwarp module Faisal Latif
2016-01-20 19:40 ` [PATCH v3 16/16] i40iw: changes for build of i40iw module Faisal Latif

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