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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 13:45:51 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
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>,
Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
Aron Silverton <aron.silverton@...cle.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
Andy Gospodarek <andrew.gospodarek@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 0/5] mlx5 ConnectX control misc driver
On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 10:48:29AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> I wish I could support that out by referring to the OCP NIC SW spec,
> by it's stuck in "legal review" of one of the vendors for months.
> I'd like to ask that vendor not to pull up the ladder and let everyone
> else enjoy access to NIC requirements and recommendations from Meta
> and Google.
Heh. Building standards is hard. It is a delicate game of politics to
convince everyone that they are getting some kind of win-win-win,
especially when IP and competitive concerns becomes involved. Many
attempts fail while still immature, it is why there is so much value
in the successful ones.
Jason
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