netdev - Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next 03/12] net: atlantic: changes for multi-TC support

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Message-Id: <20200521.143655.904069610832429425.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 21 May 2020 14:36:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     mstarovoitov@...vell.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dbezrukov@...vell.com, irusskikh@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next 03/12] net: atlantic: changes for
 multi-TC support

From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 12:11:56 -0700

> Module parameters are very strongly discouraged for networking drivers.

I fundamentally will disallow them except in very narrowly scoped cases.

Make a real API in the kernel for what you are trying to do, or you can't
support the facility in your driver, period.