netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] devlink: Add port function attributes to enable/disable IPsec crypto and packet offloads

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Message-ID: <20230329074537.GH831478@unreal>
Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:45:37 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Dima Chumak <dchumak@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] devlink: Add port function attributes to
 enable/disable IPsec crypto and packet offloads

On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 10:05:56AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:10:55 +0200 Dima Chumak wrote:
> > Currently, mlx5 PCI VFs are disabled by default for IPsec functionality.
> > A user does not have the ability to enable IPsec support for a PCI VF
> > device.
> 
> Could Mellanox/nVidia figure out a why to get folks trained on posting
> patches correctly? IDK how to do that exactly but you have a rather
> large employee base, it may be most efficient if you handle that
> internally than the community teaching people one by one.

IDK why Dima postes like he posted, but we guide people and provide nice playground
to test submissions internally, but it is not enough. There are always nuances in
submission as rules constantly evolve.

> 
> Or perhaps there's something we can do to improve community docs?

People don't read them :)

> 
> Dima please read:
> 
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html
> 
> And repost appropriately.