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Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 16:42:03 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 10:00:36 -0400 Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> I never agreed to that formulation. I suggested that perhaps runtime
> configurations where netdev is the only driver using the HW could be
> disabled (ie a netdev exclusion, not a rdma inclusion).

I thought you were arguing that me opposing the addition was
"maintainer overreach". As in me telling other parts of the kernel
what is and isn't allowed. Do I not get a say what gets merged under
drivers/net/ now?

> However, I would agree fwctl should not accept any fwctl drivers for
> simple networking devices. However, "smart nics" and RDMA capable
> devices are in-scope.

Please stop with the fake technical arguments.
I worked on SmartNICs for a decade.