netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 0/8] Introduce fwctl subystem

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Message-ID: <20250318132528.GR9311@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:25:28 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
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	"Sinyuk, Konstantin" <konstantin.sinyuk@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/8] Introduce fwctl subystem

On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 02:20:45PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> Yes, note, the issue came up in the 2.5.x kernel days, _WAY_ before we
> had git, so this wasn't a git issue.  I'm all for "drivers/core/" but
> note, that really looks like "the driver core" area of the kernel, so
> maybe pick a different name?

Yeah, +1. We have lots of places calling what is in drivers/base 'core'.

Jason