Re: [PATCH V4 0/5] mlx5 ConnectX control misc driver

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Fri Apr 05 2024 - 06:41:55 EST


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