linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] IB/hfi1: Remove write() and use ioctl() for user access

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Message-ID: <20160415173401.GA10868@infradead.org>
Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:34:01 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...n.nu>
Cc:	Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
	Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>,
	dledford@...hat.com, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] IB/hfi1: Remove write() and use ioctl() for user
 access

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 08:30:35PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> Great, did you show it to other RDMA stakeholders except Intel?
> I saw nothing posted on ML or proposed for initial discussion, which
> will be held in the next week or two.

I fear it's kfabrics, which is an entirely crackpot idea and a total
non-starter, but for some reason Intel and their buddies keep wasting
time on it.