On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 10:00:36 -0400 Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > I never agreed to that formulation. I suggested that perhaps runtime > configurations where netdev is the only driver using the HW could be > disabled (ie a netdev exclusion, not a rdma inclusion). I thought you were arguing that me opposing the addition was "maintainer overreach". As in me telling other parts of the kernel what is and isn't allowed. Do I not get a say what gets merged under drivers/net/ now? > However, I would agree fwctl should not accept any fwctl drivers for > simple networking devices. However, "smart nics" and RDMA capable > devices are in-scope. Please stop with the fake technical arguments. I worked on SmartNICs for a decade.
