On 4/4/24 9:37 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 17:24:03 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote: >> Given the discussion going on in the thread "mlx5 ConnectX control >> misc driver", you also plan to show you don't need such a misc driver? > > To the extent to which it is possible to prove an in-existence > of something :) Since my argument that Meta can use _vendor_ devices > without resorting to "misc drivers" doesn't convince them, I doubt > this data point would help. > When this device gets widely deployed and you have the inevitable production problems (inevitable in this sense this is designed, implemented and deployed by humans who make mistakes and then S/W has to compensate for the quirks), you can see whether it is easy to completely, sanely and efficiently debug those problems solely with extensions to open source tools. But, I am guessing that is still 1+ years away before you will know.
