Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Oct 2023 17:36:04 +0200 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: mlx5 ConnectX diagnostic misc driver |
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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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