netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v2 00/15] Introduce Intel IDPF driver

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Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2023 19:24:34 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     "Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
Cc:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Pavan Kumar Linga <pavan.kumar.linga@...el.com>,
        <willemb@...gle.com>, <decot@...gle.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>, <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        <pabeni@...hat.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v2 00/15] Introduce Intel
 IDPF driver

On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 19:03:22 -0500 Samudrala, Sridhar wrote:
> On 4/12/2023 2:16 PM, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> > Sasha Levin wrote:  
> >> On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 06:13:39PM -0700, Pavan Kumar Linga wrote:  
> >> How will this work when the OASIS driver is ready down the road?
> >>
> >> We'll end up with two "idpf" drivers, where one will work with hardware
> >> that is not fully spec compliant using this Intel driver, and everything
> >> else will use the OASIS driver?
> >>
> >> Does Intel plan to remove this driver when the OASIS one lands?
> >>
> >> At the very least, having two "idpf" drivers will be very confusing.  
> > 
> > One approach is that when the OASIS v1 spec is published, this driver
> > is updated to match that and moved out of the intel directory.  
> 
> Yes. We don't want to have 2 idpf drivers in the upstream kernel.
> It will be an Intel vendor driver until it becomes a standard.
> Hope it will be OK to move the driver out of the intel directory when 
> that happens.

As I said previously in [0] until there is a compatible, widely
available implementation from a second vendor - this is an Intel
driver and nothing more. It's not moving anywhere.

I think that's a reasonable position which should allow Intel to ship
your code and me to remain professional.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230403163025.5f40a87c@kernel.org/