netdev - Re: [patch net-next 02/10] tools: ynl-gen: introduce support for bitfield32 attribute type

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Message-ID: <20231012172509.6750c116@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:25:09 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, jacob.e.keller@...el.com, johannes@...solutions.net
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 02/10] tools: ynl-gen: introduce support for
 bitfield32 attribute type

On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:28:40 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> all in all there aren't very many new uses. So I think we should
>> put it in legacy for now. Maybe somehow mark it as being there due
>> to limited applicability rather than being "bad"?  
> 
> I think it is odd, but if you insists, sure. Your the boss.

Just to be clear here - we're talking about what goes into which
level of compatibility within YNL. So yes, I wrote YNL, I'd prefer 
to retain the ability to make some decisions about it :(