From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AD5DC2BB40 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 17:00:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46A6823B21 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 17:00:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730464AbgLHRAW (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2020 12:00:22 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:32784 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730009AbgLHRAW (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2020 12:00:22 -0500 Received: from mail-pf1-x442.google.com (mail-pf1-x442.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::442]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2BC17C0613D6 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 08:59:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-pf1-x442.google.com with SMTP id c79so14438564pfc.2 for ; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 08:59:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=/TxV5YiOQURGPp9N72E4jbrpfGvnOvNp2x+RiNLZp0o=; b=ee00sPjLZGb4/3Znq+WhjPen+uAH8pMT7MGko1Ak9g/s6NOZbkfgBXpKMT9wHxq9nN cKVtyuqSPlq3QHvTG5SKhEe22LDBKelCGpiSWl1BfdFpCnXIlLQacwzEGGMYufVv86yG /oBXcvlOz1DogTLD+5UssqfrRjQUMi8IxJBcDa/aa/RqDj6XFIXlT4YHm0xujKSEKTwi jzK6WGAA+/F6vkhwTynqYw5+V8wG5WTZOQxDelmM5CLk3MmeXF0DBloK83nNJGai7XlG OMAb4TEAzgheJ2aOrVgFo3AiseO+WmljbZgKSAcXg+z775Vgtt5/zdXdXJXsF0JjKNtM b2KA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=/TxV5YiOQURGPp9N72E4jbrpfGvnOvNp2x+RiNLZp0o=; b=NAxe6/tumZ6bFdiAW3diM1hbvarZ0NGTuPNJnocD1DfULBC+sbXqTcQIuN2vZSq7ls l1GPBDbglhcS5EPz4OD5KtkDOH+ewqWn4eRUr7NowV65I3Woup9l/mnnpKKfcU+owNEC tHyjCtJpLOI9Y/iTjJQPqVr87bLQyBjGol+RlMYzGwj+TH4luZxSdIGndtyk79mjHO8e mKQ+geIA5fRvEmSGpVwSP4HgXH/3BUINhFrYtmHe4Lk8DrCXFTTGy5Hs5YSHttox+mtu nro90M29j/6SeFHAHLEWi0v/e8LItj8N2pIcGMuyQH8S7ZNdhmwB4132/wPvVkLwpniO FE6w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530VI6QbZyKaxEP/JvSj/WHBGqAQ3jUT6C0VR4CfF3+pPbIG8QDA KZEAVsjiilHN2Mqk0H3BLtzL X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxHzFE61aPBh+3a/ynge8AsyscNyy/LZVdpYJcTnMZTM09u/LLGnqb0xouDGy8q62WU7tjhEQ== X-Received: by 2002:a63:d741:: with SMTP id w1mr23187514pgi.131.1607446775584; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 08:59:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from work ([103.59.133.81]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k15sm10597940pfh.40.2020.12.08.08.59.31 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 08 Dec 2020 08:59:34 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 22:29:27 +0530 From: Manivannan Sadhasivam To: Leon Romanovsky Cc: Jeffrey Hugo , Jakub Kicinski , Hemant Kumar , gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bbhatt@codeaurora.org, loic.poulain@linaro.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Kalle Valo Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 0/4] userspace MHI client interface driver Message-ID: <20201208165927.GE9925@work> References: <1606533966-22821-1-git-send-email-hemantk@codeaurora.org> <20201201112901.7f13e26c@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.DHCP.thefacebook.com> <20201201120302.474d4c9b@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.DHCP.thefacebook.com> <817a4346-efb7-cfe5-0678-d1b60d06627d@codeaurora.org> <20201201185506.77c4b3df@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.DHCP.thefacebook.com> <20201206083302.GA691268@unreal> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201206083302.GA691268@unreal> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 10:33:02AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 09:59:53PM -0700, Jeffrey Hugo wrote: > > On 12/1/2020 7:55 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > > On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 13:48:36 -0700 Jeffrey Hugo wrote: > > > > On 12/1/2020 1:03 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 12:40:50 -0700 Jeffrey Hugo wrote: > > > > > > On 12/1/2020 12:29 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:26:02 -0800 Hemant Kumar wrote: > > > > > > > > This patch series adds support for UCI driver. UCI driver enables userspace > > > > > > > > clients to communicate to external MHI devices like modem and WLAN. UCI driver > > > > > > > > probe creates standard character device file nodes for userspace clients to > > > > > > > > perform open, read, write, poll and release file operations. These file > > > > > > > > operations call MHI core layer APIs to perform data transfer using MHI bus > > > > > > > > to communicate with MHI device. Patch is tested using arm64 based platform. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wait, I thought this was for modems. > > > > > > > [...] > Like it or not, but Jakub is absolutely right with his claim that > providing user-visible interfaces without any standardization is proven > as wrong. > Everybody agrees with standardizing things but the problem is, the standardization will only happen when more than one person implements the same functionality. The primary discussion is around the usage of chardev nodes for WLAN but we made it clear that WLAN doesn't need this chardev node for working at all. I agree that the commit message is a bit misleading and I hope that Hemant will fix it in next revision. Thanks, Mani > Thanks > > > > > -- > > Jeffrey Hugo > > Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the > > Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.