netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] Revert "tcp: allow drivers to tweak TSQ logic"

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Date:   Fri, 05 Jan 2018 10:26:07 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     natale.patriciello@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        carloaugusto.grazia@...more.it
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] Revert "tcp: allow drivers to tweak TSQ logic"

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 03:44:20 -0800

> On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 3:32 AM, Natale Patriciello
> <natale.patriciello@...il.com> wrote:
>> There are a lot of drivers that are still outside the mainline, and it is
>> impossible to expect the authors (which in most cases do not maintain the
>> driver anymore) to check the best value for the device, and then to insert
>> it into the driver code. Moreover, if the users want to check or to use
>> other values, they have to recompile the driver (or the kernel).
>>
> 
> This is nonsense
> 
> I do not care of out of tree drivers.
> 
> NACK.

Agreed, big NACK from me as well.