netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 net-next 0/2] net: hns3: adds two VLAN feature

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Date:   Thu, 21 May 2020 12:17:07 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Huazhong Tan <tanhuazhong@...wei.com>
Cc:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
        <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>, <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 net-next 0/2] net: hns3: adds two VLAN feature

On Thu, 21 May 2020 19:38:23 +0800 Huazhong Tan wrote:
> This patchset adds two new VLAN feature.
> 
> [patch 1] adds a new dynamic VLAN mode.
> [patch 2] adds support for 'QoS' field to PVID.
> 
> Change log:
> V1->V2: modifies [patch 1]'s commit log, suggested by Jakub Kicinski.

I don't like the idea that FW is choosing the driver behavior in a way
that's not observable via standard Linux APIs. This is the second time
a feature like that posted for a driver this week, and we should
discourage it.