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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 14:39:48 +0200 From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com> To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>, linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>, linux-block <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Bough Chen <haibo.chen@....com>, Alex Lemberg <alex.lemberg@...disk.com>, Mateusz Nowak <mateusz.nowak@...el.com>, Yuliy Izrailov <Yuliy.Izrailov@...disk.com>, Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@...sung.com>, Dong Aisheng <dongas86@...il.com>, Das Asutosh <asutoshd@...eaurora.org>, Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...il.com>, Sahitya Tummala <stummala@...eaurora.org>, Harjani Ritesh <riteshh@...eaurora.org>, Venu Byravarasu <vbyravarasu@...dia.com>, Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> Subject: Re: [PATCH V13 04/10] mmc: block: Add CQE support On 09/11/17 14:04, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com> wrote: >> On 08/11/17 11:00, Linus Walleij wrote: > >>> This and other bits gives me the feeling CQE is now actually ONLY >>> working on the MQ path. >> >> I was not allowed to support non-mq. > > Fair enough. > >>> That is good. We only add new functionality on the MQ path, >>> yay! >>> >>> But this fact (only abailable iff MQ==true) should at least be >>> mentioned in the commit message I think? >> >> Why? CQE is MQ only. > > So if you read what I say, I think the commit message should > say that CQE is MQ only so that people know that CQE is > MQ only. Alright > >>> So why not ditch the old block layer or at least make MQ default? >> >> CQE is MQ only. > > Yeah? So why keep it around for everything else? Never said we should keep it around. As soon as blk-mq is ready and tested, delete it. > >>> When you keep it like this people have to reconfigure >>> their kernel to enable MQ before they see the benefits of MQ+CQE >>> combined, I think that should rather be the default experience. >> >> Not at all. I guess you are confusing the legacy mmc with CQE. CQE is not >> a layer on top of legacy mmc. It is an alternative to legacy mmc. CQE >> does not sit on top of the legacy mmc blk-mq support. You don't have to >> enable legacy mmc blk-mq support to use CQE. > > Now I am confused. I can't parse the last sentence. There is no > such thing as legcay blk-mq? Don't need non-CQE mmc blk-mq support for CQE support.
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