netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] Revert "tcp: allow drivers to tweak TSQ logic"

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Message-ID: <CANn89iL7qzGG8G24dfMqZ1p5hXvLn2N0=Hm-t8n+T7qUCXe9gA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 5 Jan 2018 03:44:20 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Natale Patriciello <natale.patriciello@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Carlo Augusto Grazia <carloaugusto.grazia@...more.it>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] Revert "tcp: allow drivers to tweak TSQ logic"

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 3:32 AM, Natale Patriciello
<natale.patriciello@...il.com> wrote:
> There are a lot of drivers that are still outside the mainline, and it is
> impossible to expect the authors (which in most cases do not maintain the
> driver anymore) to check the best value for the device, and then to insert
> it into the driver code. Moreover, if the users want to check or to use
> other values, they have to recompile the driver (or the kernel).
>

This is nonsense

I do not care of out of tree drivers.

NACK.