netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 19/19] mtty: Optionally support mtty alias

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Date:   Fri, 8 Nov 2019 14:46:15 +0100
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
Cc:     alex.williamson@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, saeedm@...lanox.com,
        kwankhede@...dia.com, leon@...nel.org, jiri@...lanox.com,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 19/19] mtty: Optionally support mtty alias

On Thu,  7 Nov 2019 10:08:34 -0600
Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com> wrote:

> Provide a module parameter to set alias length to optionally generate
> mdev alias.
> 
> Example to request mdev alias.
> $ modprobe mtty alias_length=12
> 
> Make use of mtty_alias() API when alias_length module parameter is set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
> ---
>  samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

If you already have code using the alias interface, you probably don't
need to add it to the sample driver here. Especially as the alias looks
kind of pointless here.