netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4] net: psample: Introduce stubs to remove NIC driver dependency

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:47:10 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
Cc:     Chris Mi <cmi@...dia.com>, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        jiri@...dia.com, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4] net: psample: Introduce stubs to remove NIC
 driver dependency

On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:44:59 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-01-29 at 12:30 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:08:39 +0800 Chris Mi wrote:  
> > > Instead of discussing it several days, maybe it's better to review 
> > > current patch, so that we can move forward :)  
> > 
> > It took you 4 revisions to post a patch which builds cleanly and now
> > you want to hasten the review? My favorite kind of submission.
> > 
> > The mlxsw core + spectrum drivers are 65 times the size of psample 
> > on my system. Why is the dependency a problem?
> > 
> > What's going to make sure the module gets loaded when it's needed?  
> 
> The issue is with distros who ship modules independently.. having a
> hard dependency will make it impossible for basic mlx5_core.ko users to
> load the driver when psample is not installed/loaded.
> 
> I prefer to have 0 dependency on external modules in a HW driver.

I see. Well such distros are clearly broken, right? You can't ship 
a module without its dependencies.