From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: Offloading bonds to hardware Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 01:54:24 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20151116.015424.1232779372973422034.davem@davemloft.net> References: <56462E38.5090600@gmail.com> <20151113.141006.1048458234203733687.davem@davemloft.net> <77EF4405DD4BB54AACCE7DB593DF6A9AA09053@SJEXCHMB14.corp.ad.broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: f.fainelli@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, sfeldma@gmail.com, jiri@resnulli.us, nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com, idosch@mellanox.com, gospo@cumulusnetworks.com To: pjonnala@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:59725 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750822AbbKPGy1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Nov 2015 01:54:27 -0500 In-Reply-To: <77EF4405DD4BB54AACCE7DB593DF6A9AA09053@SJEXCHMB14.corp.ad.broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Premkumar Jonnala Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 06:49:49 +0000 >> Thank you for the feedback David. I am currently handling/implementing >> these notifications in a custom (closed source) driver. I will update the diff >> with an actual demo of the handler, and resend the diffs. > > Clarification: When I say a "closed source" driver, I was implying a closed-source > user-level application that programs hardware. This makes no sense at all. You're adding kernel level hooks that some kernel level driver, upstream, has to make use of. A "closed source" user level component has no bearing whatsoever upon this. I want to see a kernel driver that's in the upstream tree now, implementing support for the new facility. Period.