From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 270B420B1E1; Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:07:35 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1742314056; cv=none; b=JsoW3eMOnoVfzMTRpHW9EpI+7dpb8tUkrF96Xs9LLA8+oDWfc5uzzNgKoLmRgDlGtFVJTaVo+HtLKcu8KDxtGYtJ7fsw954Z1eET532OxbiSNuClI1RBXaAf/vrBRHpcLkoUs6GkV/7jkwU//yzg2NhGHxfZkL3U+RlC0I2NDvk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1742314056; c=relaxed/simple; bh=xzbL2Vk3RuWSOaBf8aMKsNbb3lDjQ0mzGl/IwHJ1YNU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=FfryEsDdhRxBOxqpNxomqcy3UPDiMOptdLTcmao9UDNvv6QWo/xo1IWS4NbewRROV9Ck4hJnWjWo+YV5g6lnWwmUvB7CB3u0afkHlzxcgS/Yk/Do7gvaN0JHRP4kGCQWuNJ/P+pcePnTIifdva1bmyAwVIHRtRGGgGIKNPUCNIw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=s3XKkAO+; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="s3XKkAO+" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7DF2BC4CEE3; Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:07:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1742314055; bh=xzbL2Vk3RuWSOaBf8aMKsNbb3lDjQ0mzGl/IwHJ1YNU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=s3XKkAO+S1S90H9Doa+MAZ4fbkJZ/t4tCb7a06lWM6MEKeB4rBmJh9q+T5vcLTBzd QxQ4XuP2jmTyBW4Fz1K37XnUdBIxUZzvbv7jo607a1UjHrVdTaNd5XVBVFc+BnngnU 7KcFwOe6nfph5Dq1SSEaCB6WElcFL1agmpKHjJpI= Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:06:17 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Dave Jiang Cc: Jason Gunthorpe , "Keller, Jacob E" , David Ahern , "Nelson, Shannon" , Leon Romanovsky , Jiri Pirko , Jakub Kicinski , Andy Gospodarek , Aron Silverton , "Williams, Dan J" , Daniel Vetter , Christoph Hellwig , Itay Avraham , Jiri Pirko , Jonathan Cameron , Leonid Bloch , "linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Saeed Mahameed , "Sinyuk, Konstantin" Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/8] Introduce fwctl subystem Message-ID: <2025031836-monastery-imaginary-7f5e@gregkh> References: <20250313124847.GM1322339@unreal> <54781c0c-a1e7-4e97-acf1-1fc5a2ee548c@amd.com> <20250317123333.GB9311@nvidia.com> <1eae139c-f678-4b28-a466-5c47967b5d13@kernel.org> <2025031840-phrasing-rink-c7bb@gregkh> <20250318132528.GR9311@nvidia.com> <9e3019af-7817-49db-a293-3242e2962c22@intel.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9e3019af-7817-49db-a293-3242e2962c22@intel.com> On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 08:39:50AM -0700, Dave Jiang wrote: > > > On 3/18/25 6:25 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 02:20:45PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > >> Yes, note, the issue came up in the 2.5.x kernel days, _WAY_ before we > >> had git, so this wasn't a git issue. I'm all for "drivers/core/" but > >> note, that really looks like "the driver core" area of the kernel, so > >> maybe pick a different name? > > > > Yeah, +1. We have lots of places calling what is in drivers/base 'core'. > > just throwing in my 2c > > drivers/main Implies the "driver core" > drivers/common lib/ maybe? > drivers/primary It's not going to be the primary drivers for my laptop :) Naming is hard. Let's see some code first... greg k-h