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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Cc: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@amd.com>,
	brett.creeley@amd.com, davem@davemloft.net,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, drivers@pensando.io, jiri@resnulli.us
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 net-next 02/14] pds_core: add devcmd device interfaces
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 08:08:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230413080858.26c2f3eb@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230413083325.GD17993@unreal>

On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:33:25 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > This is only relevant here, everything else is not applicable.
> > >   
> > > > +     PDS_DRIVER_WIN     = 2,
> > > > +     PDS_DRIVER_DPDK    = 3,
> > > > +     PDS_DRIVER_FREEBSD = 4,
> > > > +     PDS_DRIVER_IPXE    = 5,
> > > > +     PDS_DRIVER_ESXI    = 6,
> > > > +};  
> > 
> > Yes, they are rather pointless for the Linux kernel, but it is part of
> > documenting the device interface.  
> 
> It is not used in upstream kernel.

If Shannon prefers to keep the full enum, I think that's fine.
Declaring the full interface is often the only way a user can
try to figure out how the API works, as most vendors don't publish
their APIs.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-04-13 15:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-06 23:41 [PATCH v9 net-next 00/14] pds_core driver Shannon Nelson
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 01/14] pds_core: initial framework for pds_core PF driver Shannon Nelson
2023-04-09 11:26   ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-10 18:41     ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 02/14] pds_core: add devcmd device interfaces Shannon Nelson
2023-04-09 11:46   ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-10 19:05     ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-13  8:33       ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-13 15:08         ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-04-14  0:00         ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 03/14] pds_core: health timer and workqueue Shannon Nelson
2023-04-09 11:51   ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-10 19:12     ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 04/14] pds_core: add devlink health facilities Shannon Nelson
2023-04-09 11:54   ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-10 19:18     ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 05/14] pds_core: set up device and adminq Shannon Nelson
2023-04-09 12:03   ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-10 19:27     ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 06/14] pds_core: Add adminq processing and commands Shannon Nelson
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 07/14] pds_core: add FW update feature to devlink Shannon Nelson
2023-04-10 15:44   ` Simon Horman
2023-04-10 22:59     ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 08/14] pds_core: set up the VIF definitions and defaults Shannon Nelson
2023-04-09 12:08   ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-10 19:36     ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-13  8:36       ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 09/14] pds_core: add initial VF device handling Shannon Nelson
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 10/14] pds_core: add auxiliary_bus devices Shannon Nelson
2023-04-09 12:23   ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-10 20:02     ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-13  8:43       ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 11/14] pds_core: devlink params for enabling VIF support Shannon Nelson
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 12/14] pds_core: add the aux client API Shannon Nelson
2023-04-09 17:07   ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-10 20:50     ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-13  8:45       ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 13/14] pds_core: publish events to the clients Shannon Nelson
2023-04-09 17:11   ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-10 21:01     ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-13  8:55       ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-13 15:14         ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-04-13 16:44           ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-13 16:55             ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-04-13 17:07               ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-13 17:10                 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-04-13 23:42                   ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-14  8:51                     ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-06 23:41 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 14/14] pds_core: Kconfig and pds_core.rst Shannon Nelson
2023-04-09 17:17   ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-10 21:05     ` Shannon Nelson
2023-04-08  3:18 ` [PATCH v9 net-next 00/14] pds_core driver Jakub Kicinski
2023-04-10 20:00 ` Alex Williamson
2023-04-10 21:05   ` Shannon Nelson

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