From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
mhi@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
loic.poulain@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Add MHI Endpoint network driver
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 10:43:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230607104350.03a51711@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230607171153.GA109456@thinkpad>
On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 22:41:53 +0530 Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > In any case, I'm opposed to reuse of the networking stack to talk
> > to firmware. It's a local device. The networking subsystem doesn't
> > have to cater to fake networks. Please carry:
> >
> > Nacked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> >
> > if there are future submissions.
>
> Why shouldn't it be? With this kind of setup one could share the data connectivity
> available in the device with the host over IP tunneling. If the IP source in the
> device (like modem DSP) has no way to be shared with the host, then those IP
> packets could be tunneled through this interface for providing connectivity to
> the host.
>
> I believe this is a common usecase among the PCIe based wireless endpoint
> devices.
We can handwave our way into many scenarios and terrible architectures.
I don't see any compelling reason to merge this.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-07 17:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-07 15:24 [PATCH v2 0/2] Add MHI Endpoint network driver Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-06-07 15:24 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] net: " Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-06-07 16:27 ` Jeffrey Hugo
2023-06-07 16:52 ` Jeffrey Hugo
2023-06-07 17:39 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-06-07 17:16 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-06-07 17:08 ` Christophe JAILLET
2023-06-07 15:24 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for MHI networking drivers under MHI bus Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-06-07 16:29 ` Jeffrey Hugo
2023-06-07 16:49 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Add MHI Endpoint network driver Jakub Kicinski
2023-06-07 17:11 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-06-07 17:43 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-06-08 12:37 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-11-17 7:06 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-11-18 0:26 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-11-27 6:04 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-11-27 16:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-11-28 20:35 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2023-11-28 20:58 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-12-04 12:12 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2023-12-04 16:12 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-12-05 14:22 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2023-06-07 18:13 ` Andrew Lunn
2023-06-08 12:40 ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
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