Re: [PATCH 00/15] Habana Labs kernel driver

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-01-25T16:06:22Z

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 07:33:23AM -0800, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 11:37 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > As for what directory the code should live in, I suggested "misc" as
> > there was no other universal location, and I hate to see new subsystems
> > be created with only one driver, as that's pretty sad. But it's just a
> > name/location, I have no dog in the fight, so I really don't care where
> > it ends up in the tree, just as long as it gets merged somewhere :)
>
> I'm usually one to push back against new subsystems too, especially
> when I see a framework proposal with just one driver. In this case,
> given that we all know more vendors will come along, I think it makes
> sense to take the discussion and establish structure now. This should
> give some clarity to those who are out there that we haven't seen yet,
> and give them a chance to prepare for things such as the low-level
> userspace pieces mentioned above.
>
> So I think setting this up now is the right thing to do, we know there
> will be more material here and having a common aggregation of it makes
> sense.

Ok, how about:
drivers/deep_thought/

as a first proposal.

Let the bikeshedding begin! :)

greg k-h