netdev - Re: [PATCH] bonding: Offloading bonds to hardware

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Message-Id: <20151116.015113.693840357905455307.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 16 Nov 2015 01:51:13 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pjonnala@...adcom.com
Cc:	f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, sfeldma@...il.com,
	jiri@...nulli.us, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com, idosch@...lanox.com,
	gospo@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: Offloading bonds to hardware

From: Premkumar Jonnala <pjonnala@...adcom.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 06:12:24 +0000

> Thank you for the feedback David.  I am currently handling/implementing
> these notifications in a custom (closed source) driver.  I will update the diff 
> with an actual demo of the handler, and resend the diffs.

No, I don't want a damn "demo", I want a real use in an upstream
driver.

You cannot add infrastructure that only has a real use in your
out-of-tree or closed source driver.

That is _completely_ and _totally_ unacceptable.

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