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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: bhutchings@solarflare.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com,
	ajackson@solarflare.com, richardcochran@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/7] sfc: Add channel specific receive_skb handler and post_remove callback
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:32:56 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120718.113256.279646201702165485.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1342635600.2617.54.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com>

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:20:00 +0100

> +	void (*receive_skb)(struct efx_channel *, struct sk_buff *);

This looks to me like a conduit for proprietary features implemented
in a binary-only blob.

I understand how you're using here for PTP, but you're really openning
the door for things I really wouldn't be very happy about.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-18 18:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-18 18:16 pull request: sfc-next 2012-07-18 Ben Hutchings
2012-07-18 18:19 ` [PATCH net-next 1/7] sfc: Add explicit RX queue flag to channel Ben Hutchings
2012-07-18 18:20 ` [PATCH net-next 2/7] sfc: Add channel specific receive_skb handler and post_remove callback Ben Hutchings
2012-07-18 18:32   ` David Miller [this message]
2012-07-18 18:42     ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-18 18:43       ` David Miller
2012-07-18 18:20 ` [PATCH net-next 3/7] sfc: Allow efx_mcdi_rpc to be called in two parts Ben Hutchings
2012-07-18 18:21 ` [PATCH net-next 4/7] sfc: Add support for IEEE-1588 PTP Ben Hutchings
2012-07-19 14:25   ` Richard Cochran
2012-07-19 14:37     ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-19 16:05       ` Andrew Jackson
2012-07-20  6:11         ` Richard Cochran
2012-07-19 15:29     ` Stuart Hodgson
2012-07-19 15:43       ` David Miller
2012-07-19 15:50       ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-20  7:37         ` Richard Cochran
2012-07-20  6:31       ` Richard Cochran
2012-07-20  9:15         ` Stuart Hodgson
2012-07-20 15:30           ` Richard Cochran
2012-07-30 10:03             ` Stuart Hodgson
2012-07-18 18:21 ` [PATCH net-next 5/7] sfc: Support variable-length response to MCDI GET_BOARD_CFG Ben Hutchings
2012-07-18 18:22 ` [PATCH net-next 6/7] sfc: Expose FPGA bitfile partition through MTD Ben Hutchings
2012-07-18 18:22 ` [PATCH net-next 7/7] sfc: Bump version to 3.2 Ben Hutchings

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