netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 4/6] netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads

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Message-Id: <20171128.043026.1559245605707710598.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:30:26 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        daniel@...earbox.net, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 4/6] netdevsim: add software driver for testing
 offloads

From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 18:36:11 -0800

> The dummy driver have previously been extended to test SR-IOV,
> but the general consensus seems to be against adding further
> features to it.

I guess this is fine, but then is it going to be the case that
every time we want to add a software offload implementation for
testing driver paths we add yet another dummy driver?