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Wythe" , Sidraya Jayagond , Wenjia Zhang , David Miller , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Eric Dumazet , Andrew Lunn Cc: Julian Ruess , Aswin Karuvally , Halil Pasic , Mahanta Jambigi , Tony Lu , Wen Gu , linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Heiko Carstens , Vasily Gorbik , Alexander Gordeev , Christian Borntraeger , Sven Schnelle , Simon Horman References: <20250905145428.1962105-1-wintera@linux.ibm.com> <20250905145428.1962105-4-wintera@linux.ibm.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Alexandra Winter In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: XIpSC8Rjib3zC30Ue_TsZMTkBcTCTq8t X-Proofpoint-GUID: zZcQcV2Gw4fgq1Lv3_XhkLw6u79bajUp X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=EYDIQOmC c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=68bfd8fd cx=c_pps a=3Bg1Hr4SwmMryq2xdFQyZA==:117 a=3Bg1Hr4SwmMryq2xdFQyZA==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=yJojWOMRYYMA:10 a=VnNF1IyMAAAA:8 a=0wItxlQjZ1fOYUEzXWQA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details-Enc: AW1haW4tMjUwOTA2MDAyMCBTYWx0ZWRfX1LFft8DgMuwG D6g53JpjwvxRzvLF4wKMaw/D0vBFi5L78fW1NqYyc+j4tlrjspp7ZXxQlMyOEVaztp+XSlMuGZh qpKeHVWzVOR7TWw1QVDTa0j4d41DgobCHUgYH0JALIxGNhmPCULcfwmkb8xFJN5qS6+b4DJhV/8 PDkgkz7PxK5gY8X5j1IBwiI0DCYePdq8eQ0ashfZpAahYzVxWuGS5wNaNwpgkwZK1VNFYxUjid2 zUGMcFI7wkXvAH9EBqzycCKByB+Rw2VP2xXpwGwbB6/k3DMSmR5b/aDTzfQ41loN4vbKVWQGx2Y 8MY0mZNJhH8iOUlZFZ8c8nbxiThKMpuXDmgnRAzY2aOGDR2julPhTMnSYfuYMImHqZ8mm4pTixV 6gYOCGJb X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.293,Aquarius:18.0.1117,Hydra:6.1.9,FMLib:17.12.80.40 definitions=2025-09-08_06,2025-09-08_02,2025-03-28_01 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 malwarescore=0 adultscore=0 suspectscore=0 spamscore=0 impostorscore=0 priorityscore=1501 phishscore=0 clxscore=1015 bulkscore=0 classifier=typeunknown authscore=0 authtc= authcc= route=outbound adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.19.0-2507300000 definitions=main-2509060020 On 09.09.25 03:54, Dust Li wrote: > On 2025-09-05 16:54:16, Alexandra Winter wrote: >> Create an 'DIBS' shim layer that will provide generic functionality and >> declarations for dibs device drivers and dibs clients. >> >> Following patches will add functionality. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alexandra Winter >> --- >> MAINTAINERS | 7 +++++++ >> include/linux/dibs.h | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> net/Kconfig | 1 + >> net/Makefile | 1 + >> net/dibs/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++++ >> net/dibs/Makefile | 7 +++++++ >> net/dibs/dibs_main.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 7 files changed, 107 insertions(+) >> create mode 100644 include/linux/dibs.h >> create mode 100644 net/dibs/Kconfig >> create mode 100644 net/dibs/Makefile >> create mode 100644 net/dibs/dibs_main.c > > I recall we previously discussed the issue of which directory to place > it in, and I don't have any strong preference regarding this. However, > I'm not sure whether we reached an agreement on this point. In my > opinion, placing it under the drivers/ directory seems more reasonable. > But if net/ is OK, that works for me too. > > Best regards, > Dust > > You mean like drivers/infiniband that provides sys/class/infiniband? I don't have any strong feelings about where to place the directory. Are there any practical consequences? Other opinions?