netdev - Re: [PATCH mlx5-next 07/25] net/mlx5: Update mlx5

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Message-ID: <20180919173147.GO11367@ziepe.ca>
Date:   Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:31:47 -0600
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>,
        RDMA mailing list <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        linux-netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH mlx5-next 07/25] net/mlx5: Update mlx5_ifc with DEVX UID
 bits

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 02:04:00PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
> 
> Add DEVX information to WQ, SRQ, CQ, TRI, TIS, QP,
> RQ, XRCD, PD, MKEY and MCG.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

It is weird that we sometimes have these IFC bundle updates and
sometimes the IFC is inlined in the patch.. 

Why not just do one big IFC only patch with everything the series
needs?

Jason