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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2022 22:08:22 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>,
        David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
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Subject: Re: driver uABI review list? (was: Re: [PATCH/RFC net-next 0/3] nfp:
 support VF multi-queues configuration)
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 09:14:14AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:04:19 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > Would it be helpful for participation if we had a separate mailing 
> > > list for discussing driver uAPI introduction which would hopefully 
> > > be lower traffic?  
> > 
> > Please don't. It will cause to an opposite situation where UAPI
> > discussions will be hidden from most people.
> 
> Oh, it'd just be an additional list, the patches would still need 
> to CC netdev.

First, there is already such ML: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-api/
Second, you disconnect discussion from actual patches and this can
cause to repeating of same arguments while reviewing patches.

> 
> > IMHO, every net vendor should be registered to netdev mailing list
> > and read, review and participate.
> 
> Alright, so we got two no votes so far.