linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 2/5] misc: mlx5ctl: Add mlx5ctl misc driver

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Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:17:32 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, Leonid Bloch <lbloch@...dia.com>,
        Itay Avraham <itayavr@...dia.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/5] misc: mlx5ctl: Add mlx5ctl misc driver

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 03:51:10PM +0000, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> Ok, best of luck with this mess, I'll stop harping on it now and just
> point out all of the other issues here.  First off, you all need to get
> the network maintainers to agree that this driver is ok to do this way,
> and I don't think that has happened yet, so I'll wait on reviewing the
> series until that is resolved.

As I said already, I strongly disagree with the idea that the netdev
maintainers get a global veto on what happens with mlx5 devices just
because they sometimes have an ethernet port on the back of the card.

This module is primarily (but not exclusively) for rdma related
functionality, not netdev, and the RDMA maintainers Ack it.

Thanks,
Jason