netdev - Re: [PATCH rdma-next v1 5/5] net/bnxt: Use direct API instead of useless indirection

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Date:   Mon, 29 Mar 2021 07:01:44 -0700
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Devesh Sharma <devesh.sharma@...adcom.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        Naresh Kumar PBS <nareshkumar.pbs@...adcom.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Selvin Xavier <selvin.xavier@...adcom.com>,
        Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@...adcom.com>,
        Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH rdma-next v1 5/5] net/bnxt: Use direct API instead of
 useless indirection

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 1:52 AM Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
>
> There is no need in any indirection complexity for one ULP user,
> remove all this complexity in favour of direct calls to the exported
> symbols. This allows us to greatly simplify the code.

The goal is not to have a hard dependency between the RDMA driver and
the ethernet driver.  One day, there may be a newer ethernet driver
for newer devices.  The RDMA driver may be the same because it
operates at a higher level.  The hard dependency will require the
older ethernet driver to always be loaded even if it is not needed.

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