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    SubjectRe: mlx5 ConnectX diagnostic misc driver
    On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 08:24:51AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
    > > The ConnectX HW family supported by the mlx5 drivers uses an architecture
    > > where a FW component executes "mailbox RPCs" issued by the driver to make
    > > changes to the device. This results in a complex debugging environment
    > > where the FW component has information and complex low level state that
    > > needs to be accessed to userspace for debugging purposes.
    >
    > You're being very dishonest towards Greg by not telling him that this
    > is a networking device, and the networking maintainers explicitly nacked
    > this backdoor. Nacked it, because you can't answer basic questions like
    > "what are the use cases" with more than "custom config and debug".
    >
    > Whether Greg wants to take this into the "misc" pile is entirely up
    > to him, but you gotta give him more context.

    Well, in this case, no way in hell will I be taking this. If this is a
    networking device, it needs to go through the normal networking driver
    review process, thanks for the heads up.

    greg k-h

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