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Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:47:43 -0700
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 07:02:52PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

> IMO we have too much useless playground stuff in C already, don't get me
> started. Let's get a real device prove that this thing can actually work
> :( We can waste years implementing imaginary device drivers that nobody
> ends up using.

Yes, the long standing policy seems to be not to merge "dummy"
drivers.  The original PTP patch set had one, but at the time the
reviews said firmly "No" to that.

Thanks,
Richard