On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 22:41:53 +0530 Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote: > > In any case, I'm opposed to reuse of the networking stack to talk > > to firmware. It's a local device. The networking subsystem doesn't > > have to cater to fake networks. Please carry: > > > > Nacked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > if there are future submissions. > > Why shouldn't it be? With this kind of setup one could share the data connectivity > available in the device with the host over IP tunneling. If the IP source in the > device (like modem DSP) has no way to be shared with the host, then those IP > packets could be tunneled through this interface for providing connectivity to > the host. > > I believe this is a common usecase among the PCIe based wireless endpoint > devices. We can handwave our way into many scenarios and terrible architectures. I don't see any compelling reason to merge this.
