Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Apr 2024 13:41:40 +0300 | From | Leon Romanovsky <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH V4 0/5] mlx5 ConnectX control misc driver |
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On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 08:46:41PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote: > On 04/04/2024 19:35, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 07:06:53PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote: > >> Why? What does the kernel get out of it? > >> > >> Maybe *you* need them to be supported, but maybe you should have > >> thought of that earlier in the design process. ("A failure on > >> your part to foresee the eminently foreseeable does not > >> constitute an emergency on mine.") > >> If we let folks bypass our standards with a _fait accompli_, we > >> don't really have standards in the first place. > > > > Sorry, who are "we" and what are "our standards"? > > As should be obvious from context, "we" in that sentence referred to > the mainline kernel. And while participants in this thread currently > disagree on what "our standards" are, I hope it is not contentious > that the kernel community *does* have standards as to what code and > design is acceptable for inclusion.
You didn't answer my question. What are "our standards"?
Thanks
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