netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 01/15] devlink: move code to a dedicated directory

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Date:   Fri, 16 Dec 2022 15:26:33 -0800
From:   Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <edumazet@...gle.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>, <leon@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 01/15] devlink: move code to a dedicated directory



On 12/16/2022 10:32 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2022 10:10:41 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>>> Hmm, as devlink is not really designed to be only networking thing,
>>>> perhaps this is good opportunity to move out of net/ and change the
>>>> config name to "CONFIG_DEVLINK" ?  
>>>
>>> Nothing against it, but don't think it belongs in this patch.
>>> So I call scope creep.  
>>
>> Yeah, but I mean, since you move it from /net/core to /net/, why not
>> just move it to / ?
> 
> It still needs to depend on NET for sockets, right?

Its going to depend on whatever Generic Netlink depends on yea.