linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] misc: nnpi: New PCIe driver for Intel's NNP-I pcie device

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Date:   Fri, 14 May 2021 10:33:31 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Guy Zadicario <guy.zadicario@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, olof@...om.net,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, andriy.shevchenko@...el.com,
        yochai.shefi-simchon@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] misc: nnpi: New PCIe driver for Intel's NNP-I
 pcie device

On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 11:57:10AM +0300, Guy Zadicario wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The following series is a driver for a new PCIe device from Intel named NNP-I
> (Nirvana Neural Processor for Inference). NNP-I is a PCIe connected compute
> device used for acceleration of AI deep learning inference applications in the
> data-center.

How does this differ from the "intel_gna" driver being proposed here:
	https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/20210513110040.2268-1-maciej.kwapulinski@linux.intel.com/

Please work together to come up with a unified userspace api for these
devices, and hopefully, shared kernel code as well.

thanks,

greg k-h