netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 0/7] Provide an ism layer

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Message-ID: <221565b5-f603-43a1-a326-3f6c568684b8@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:06:51 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Alexandra Winter <wintera@...ux.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 0/7] Provide an ism layer

> With this proposal ism_loopback is just another ism device and SMC-D will
> handle removal just like ism_client.remove(ism_dev) of other ism devices.

In Linux terminology, a device is something which has a struct device,
and a device lives on some sort of bus, even if it is a virtual
bus. Will ISM devices properly fit into the Linux device driver model?

	Andrew