netdev - Re: driver uABI review list? (was: Re: [PATCH/RFC net-next 0/3] nfp: support VF multi-queues configuration)

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Message-ID: <YyyHg/lvzXHKNPe9@unreal>
Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:04:19 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        oss-drivers@...igine.com, Diana Wang <na.wang@...igine.com>,
        Peng Zhang <peng.zhang@...igine.com>,
        Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
        Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>,
        Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: driver uABI review list? (was: Re: [PATCH/RFC net-next 0/3] nfp:
 support VF multi-queues configuration)

On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 06:34:48AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:14:16 +0100 Simon Horman wrote:
> > this short series adds the max_vf_queue generic devlink device parameter,
> > the intention of this is to allow configuration of the number of queues
> > associated with VFs, and facilitates having VFs with different queue
> > counts.

<...>

> Would it be helpful for participation if we had a separate mailing 
> list for discussing driver uAPI introduction which would hopefully 
> be lower traffic?

Please don't. It will cause to an opposite situation where UAPI
discussions will be hidden from most people. IMHO, every net vendor
should be registered to netdev mailing list and read, review and
participate.

Thanks