netdev - Re: [pull request][for-next 0/6] Mellanox mlx5 updates 2017-05-23

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Date:   Fri, 2 Jun 2017 09:06:43 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, saeedm@...lanox.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        ilant@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [pull request][for-next 0/6] Mellanox mlx5 updates 2017-05-23

On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 06:39:40PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 06:57:59PM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote:
> > On Thu, 2017-05-25 at 12:02 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> > > From: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
> > > Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 14:43:58 +0300
> > >
> > > > Hi Dave and Doug,
> > > > 
> > > > This series introduces some small updates and FPGA support to the
> > > mlx5
> > > > core/ethernet and IB drivers.
> > > > 
> > > > For more details please see below.
> > > > 
> > > > Please pull and let me know if there's any problem.
> > >
> > > Ok, I've pulled this into net-next.
> > >
> > > Doug let me know if there are any merge hassles we need to coordinate
> > > on.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > Will do.  But is the question of a possible revert settled?  Because
> > once I pull, a revert means I have to pull all the way up to the revert
> > as well...
> 
> Revert is unlikely to happen, Saeed is working with Alexey to resolve
> his raised concerns.

I still think the direction is absolutely wrong.
Reinventing fpga interfaces via nic driver is no-go.
mlx needs to send a patch to revert it to show that they are willing
to listen to the community.