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 5B185254B0B; Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:22:36 +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=1742383357; cv=none; b=GV+fAYU6IAVyGgnljxyBR4ZiJyMgiMj555KzygW6y6vH93TYhRPD80CbRFGJ+FITr/PvRwQJgAV42B8kIKQyxj6Ma4zVoCUPb8sT9SdZHNhsvplkFmrjspoFUmQStIXnGRxw2V/xLtAPAfdNQAOooFUBatJixb6KnK9BY8gTH60= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1742383357; c=relaxed/simple; bh=cujdxR9tJsCSokcNg/S3qzmyatuAJjZjTxgqBQEZgyM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=qCbzOyIF5FHMfEj2d83jdrxbTQ09iLnreulijWVsGlB+tet5SdigdCPPrDYSJ7dqd0/ZsQ7oUv9+gK/iezPcCH9pLQO6Yj/JInkESaTa1GLyhzI0dT9WH9vJmTZKnDuX2iBKRf+0+XFiuTXWc/w5LgrOrhV6TQG2QmcnlYEDdGo= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=jdU0PMCg; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="jdU0PMCg" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 59677C4CEE9; Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:22:36 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1742383356; bh=cujdxR9tJsCSokcNg/S3qzmyatuAJjZjTxgqBQEZgyM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=jdU0PMCgpKLfQYoamDe5ixeQMmUrEWrK9eWydFxaOWC8v4dghVVk3h1vfaP/f6Ow0 dB3IrvWCx1pCL7G0GA7VUVTfyODi3qhnkHJ/X73mMTe9bXCoYcRBH9KmcPSJx3ycJX Yig1nCJ1ubVxRf4CgI9M7JS5eaUnqg4noQsd1qykbvciGNhwnl1T967UCk0nHbglzd 3lTraga9J1SkO1dZ7w1SOKa4xYB82RgJ17pDEe+WkK7EQgmt2/K3LJKpd0vpNPyQVE h6CwNtqKrMakGN7Qv/xFBzEafXqOIG2jG7fwhWanQIJQjFtvlH6e9XycW9cfpr4bjL J6Oyzgva0YijQ== Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:22:32 +0200 From: Leon Romanovsky To: Przemek Kitszel Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jason Gunthorpe , Dave Jiang , "Keller, Jacob E" , David Ahern , "Nelson, Shannon" , 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: <20250319112232.GJ1322339@unreal> References: <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> <2025031836-monastery-imaginary-7f5e@gregkh> <95da9782-7c46-4ddc-8d7e-ffb3db31ebc3@intel.com> <20250319081416.GE1322339@unreal> <81005d10-15ae-4d85-bf67-9362a2169151@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: <81005d10-15ae-4d85-bf67-9362a2169151@intel.com> On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 11:46:15AM +0100, Przemek Kitszel wrote: > > > We are discussing where to move XXX_core drivers which historically were > > located in drivers/net/ethernet/XXX/, see this idea https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250211075553.GF17863@unreal/ > > yes, I know > > > FWCTL is unrelated to this discussion and > > it is related, > I see the move as a workaround for "netdev maintainer complains more > than I would like", sorry :P No, it is not. There is no technical reason to keep non-netdev code in netdev subsystem. If you have an explanation why PCI-to-AUX, VDPA, VFIO and RDMA logic MUST be under netdev subsystem, please speak it now. Otherwise please keep brigading out of this discussion. Thanks