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

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Date:   Fri, 8 Nov 2019 15:08:22 +0000
From:   Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC:     "alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        "kwankhede@...dia.com" <kwankhede@...dia.com>,
        "leon@...nel.org" <leon@...nel.org>,
        "cohuck@...hat.com" <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 19/19] mtty: Optionally support mtty alias



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 4:45 AM
> To: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
> Cc: alex.williamson@...hat.com; davem@...emloft.net;
> kvm@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Saeed Mahameed
> <saeedm@...lanox.com>; kwankhede@...dia.com; leon@...nel.org;
> cohuck@...hat.com; Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>; linux-
> rdma@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 19/19] mtty: Optionally support mtty alias
> 
> Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 05:08:34PM CET, 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>
> 
> This patch looks kind of unrelated to the rest of the set.
> I think that you can either:
> 1) send this patch as a separate follow-up to this patchset
> 2) use this patch as a user and push out the mdev alias patches out of this
> patchset to a separate one (I fear that this was discussed and declined
> before).
Yes, we already discussed to run mdev 5-6 patches as pre-patch before this series when reviewed on kvm mailing list.
Alex was suggesting to package with this series as mlx5_core being the first user.
Series will have conflict (not this patch) if Jason Wang's series [9] is merged first.
So please let me know how shall we do it.

[9] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1190425