Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available

Jiri Pirko
2018-03-03T11:31:24Z

Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 08:42:47PM CET, mst@redhat.com wrote:
>On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 05:20:17PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> >Yeah, this code essentially calls out the "shareable" code with a
>> >comment at the start and end of the section what defines the
>> >virtio_bypass functionality. It would just be a matter of mostly
>> >cutting and pasting to put it into a separate driver module.
>>
>> Please put it there and unite the use of it with netvsc.
>
>Surely, adding this to other drivers (e.g. might this be handy for xen
>too?) can be left for a separate patchset. Let's get one device merged
>first.

Why? Let's do the generic infra alongside with the driver. I see no good
reason to rush into merging driver and only later, if ever, to convert
it to generic solution. On contrary. That would lead into multiple
approaches and different behavious in multiple drivers. That is plain
wrong.