netdev - Re: [RFCv8 PATCH net-next 00/55] net: extend the type of netdev_features

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Message-ID: <20220920131656.72ed8272@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:16:56 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jian Shen <shenjian15@...wei.com>
Cc:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>, <andrew@...n.ch>,
        <hkallweit1@...il.com>, <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>,
        <saeed@...nel.org>, <leon@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [RFCv8 PATCH net-next 00/55] net: extend the type of
 netdev_features_t to bitmap

On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:42:41 +0000 Jian Shen wrote:
> For the prototype of netdev_features_t is u64, and the number
> of netdevice feature bits is 64 now. So there is no space to
> introduce new feature bit.

For v9 could you filter out all the driver changes?

Focus on adding the helpers and converting core (excluding tunnel
drivers etc.) in a way that will not break the build. That way we 
can iterate on the revisions more quickly, hopefully, and convert
the drivers once we have the helpers ironed out?