Re: [PATCH 09/11] vfio: selftests: Add mlx5 driver - HW init and command interface

David Matlack
2026-05-05T16:03:49Z

On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 8:46 AM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 04, 2026 at 10:35:43PM +0000, David Matlack wrote:
> > On 2026-04-30 09:08 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> >
> > > +/*
> > > + * Driver state — overlaid on device->driver.region.vaddr.
> > > + *
> > > + * Contains both software-only state and HW-visible DMA buffers. HW buffers need
> > > + * strict IOVA alignment.
> > > + */
> > > +struct mlx5st_device {
> >
> > Can we do s/mlx5st/mlx5/ on the series?
>
> No, I don't want to do this. Since it is in tree I want to reserve the
> mlx5_ prefix only for the main driver. The driver is huge, I do not
> want to harm or confuse grep - that team will get mad.

git-grep can be scoped to directories, but ok let's keep mlx5st to
avoid disrupting anyone's workflow.