netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 04/14] dt-bindings: arm: mediatek: document WED binding for MT7622

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Message-ID: <Yk8IXno6sjkHVf4g@lunn.ch>
Date:   Thu, 7 Apr 2022 17:50:54 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/14] dt-bindings: arm: mediatek: document WED
 binding for MT7622

> > Isn't this a network offload engine? If yes, then probably it should be
> > in "net/".
> It's not a network offload engine by itself. It's a SoC component that
> connects to the offload engine and controls a MTK PCIe WLAN device,
> intercepting interrupts and DMA rings in order to be able to inject packets
> coming in from the offload engine.

Hi Felix

Maybe turn the question around. Can it be used for something other
than networking? If not, then somewhere under net seems reasonable.

     Andrew