Re: [PATCH V4 0/5] mlx5 ConnectX control misc driver
From: David Ahern
Date: Fri Mar 22 2024 - 17:18:19 EST
On 3/22/24 2:58 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> The more I learn, the more I am convinced that the technical
> justifications here are just smoke and mirrors. The main motivation for
> nVidia, Broadcom, (and Enfabrica?) being to hide as much as possible of
> what you consider your proprietary advantage in the "AI gold rush". RDMA
> is what it is but I really hate how you're trying to pretend that it's
> is somehow an inherent need of advanced technology and we need to lower
> the openness standards for all of the kernel.
Kuba:
can you respond to Jason's email with the proposal for the new fwctl
subsystem and identify places you do not agree? That would provide more
concrete discussion points. Thanks,