netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: add 6WIND SHULTI support

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Message-ID: <57231FD1.2080907@6wind.com>
Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:48:17 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	jiri@...nulli.us, fw@...len.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers/net: add 6WIND SHULTI support

Le 28/04/2016 17:54, David Miller a écrit :
[snip]
> You can say whatever you want, but the facilities you are adding to
> this driver enables proprietary userland SDK components.
> 
> And this is precisely what we are trying to avoid by having a clean,
> fully featured switch device model in the kernel.
> 
> It is against your interestes of upstreaming your driver to continue
> denying what your changes facilitate.
Ok, I will rework this patch to remove the controversial parts and custom APIs.


Thank you,
Nicolas