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

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Message-ID: <20250319081416.GE1322339@unreal>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:14:16 +0200
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/8] Introduce fwctl subystem

On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 06:48:48AM +0100, Przemek Kitszel wrote:
> On 3/18/25 17:06, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 08:39:50AM -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 3/18/25 6:25 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > > 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'.
> > > 
> > > just throwing in my 2c
> > > 
> > > drivers/main
> > 
> > Implies the "driver core"
> > 
> > > drivers/common
> > 
> > lib/ maybe?
> > 
> > > drivers/primary
> > 
> > It's not going to be the primary drivers for my laptop :)
> > 
> > Naming is hard.  Let's see some code first...
> > 
> > greg k-h
> > 
> 
> "platfrom" would also suggest a wider thing, so:
> "complex"?
> 
> anyway, I don't like fwctl, so maybe "fwctl" to at least reveal the real
> reason :P

We are discussing where to move XXX_core drivers which historically were
located in drivers/net/ethernet/XXX/, see this idea https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250211075553.GF17863@unreal/
FWCTL is unrelated to this discussion and you are not forced to use it
if you don't like it.

Thanks