From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 4/6] netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:30:26 +0900 (KST) Message-ID: <20171128.043026.1559245605707710598.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20171124023613.16855-1-jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> <20171124023613.16855-5-jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, oss-drivers@netronome.com, daniel@iogearbox.net, alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com, jiri@resnulli.us To: jakub.kicinski@netronome.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:56824 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752874AbdK0Tac (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:30:32 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20171124023613.16855-5-jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 18:36:11 -0800 > The dummy driver have previously been extended to test SR-IOV, > but the general consensus seems to be against adding further > features to it. I guess this is fine, but then is it going to be the case that every time we want to add a software offload implementation for testing driver paths we add yet another dummy driver?