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

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Date:	Mon, 16 Nov 2015 01:54:24 -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 06:49:49 +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.
> 
> Clarification: When I say a "closed source" driver, I was implying a closed-source
> user-level application that programs hardware.

This makes no sense at all.

You're adding kernel level hooks that some kernel level driver,
upstream, has to make use of.

A "closed source" user level component has no bearing whatsoever
upon this.

I want to see a kernel driver that's in the upstream tree now,
implementing support for the new facility.

Period.
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