netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/8] Introduce fwctl subystem

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 07:04:51 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Itay
 Avraham <itayavr@...dia.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Saeed Mahameed
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 Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, Leonid
 Bloch <lbloch@...dia.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>,
 linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Introduce fwctl subystem

On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 21:01:58 -0600 David Ahern wrote:
> On 6/3/24 12:42 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > Somewhat related, I saw nVidia sells various interesting features in its
> > DOCA stack. Is that Open Source?  
> 
> Seriously, Jakub, how is that in any way related to this patch set?

Whether they admit it or not, DOCA is a major reason nVidia wants
this to be standalone rather than part of RDMA.

> You are basically suggesting that if any vendor ever has an out of tree
> option for its hardware every patch it sends should be considered a ruse
> to enable or simplify proprietary options.

Ooo, is that a sore spot?

I don't begrudge anyone building proprietary options, but leave
upstream out of it.