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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V1 0/3] net/mlx4_core: Allow setting init-time
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From: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:02:05 +0200

> So.. M2-- reading Dave's words I understand that he's against textual
> interfacessuch as configfs and prefers others. This brings two
> questions to the table (1) do we need to deprecate these textual
> interfaces / configfs and avoid using them for configuration purposes
> with new code? (2) does programmable interface such as netlink is the
> way to go for our purposes here (and elsewhere)?

Do not try to hijack a discussion about what interfaces you should be
using for your use case into a discussion about deprecating configfs.