Re: [PATCH V4 0/5] mlx5 ConnectX control misc driver

[David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>]

On 4/3/24 1:00 PM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 01:26:50PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote:
>> On 02/04/2024 19:48, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>>> On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 05:32:44PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote:
>>>>  you're getting maintainer pushback.
>>>
>>> May I suggest you to take a short break, collect names of people who
>>> participated in this discussion and check in git history/MAINTAINERS
>>> file their contribution to the linux kernel?
>> Whether you like it or not, Kuba is a kernel maintainer.
>> And thus, semantically, a Nack from him is "maintainer pushback".
>> That remains true regardless of who else in the discussion is also
>>  a kernel maintainer.
>>
>> If you had an actual point, feel free to explain to me, without the
>>  veiled language, what was so 'inappropriate' about my posting.
> 
> Language, tone, and content of your email were inappropriate:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/0ea32dd4-f408-5870-77eb-f18899f1ad44@gmail.com/
> ...certain vendors whining...
> 
> ^^^^ Language
> 
> ... possibly they thought devlink params would just get rubber-
>  stamped — and now they're finding that the kernel's quality standards
>  still apply. ...
> 
> ^^^^ Tone
> EVERYONE who participated in this discussion knows about kernel's
> quality standards.
> 
> ... Patches aren't languishing for want of reviewer resources; it's just that it
>  takes *submitter* time and effort to bring them up to the quality level
>  that's required, and occasionally the vendor has to (shock! horror!)
>  tell the world what one of their magic knobs actually *does*. ...
> 
> ^^^^ Content
> This paragraph alone shows that you completely didn't understand the
> discussion here.
> 
> Thanks

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