From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [pull request][for-next] Mellanox mlx5 Reorganize core driver directory layout Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:14:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20170113.121407.448230751444957957.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1484241755-17603-1-git-send-email-saeedm@mellanox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org To: saeedm-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1484241755-17603-1-git-send-email-saeedm-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Saeed Mahameed Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:22:34 +0200 > This pull request includes one patch from Leon, this patch as described > below will change the driver directory structure and layout for better, > logical and modular driver files separation. > > This change is important to both rdma and net maintainers in order to > have smoother management of driver patches for different mlx5 sub modules > and smoother rdma-next vs. net-next features submissions. > > Please find more info below -in the tag commit message-, > review and let us know if there's any problem. > > This change doesn't introduce any conflicts with the current mlx5 > fixes and cleanups posted on 2017-01-10 to net branch, and merge tests > worked flawlessly with no issues. > > This is the last pull request meant for both rdma-next and net-next. > Once pulled, this will be the base shared code for both trees. This is pretty crazy, it will make all bug fix backporting to -stable a complete nightmare for myself, Doug, various distribution maintainers and many other people who quietly have to maintain their own trees and do backporting. I really don't think you can justify this rearrangement based upon the consequences and how much activity happens in this driver. You should have thought long and hard about the layout a long time ago rather than after the driver has been in the tree for many years. Sorry. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html