On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 1:34 AM David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:20:12 +0300 > > > I completely understand but you didn't answer my question. How come > > there are drivers which create netdev objects, and specifically sgi-xp > > in misc (but I also saw it in usb drivers) that live outside > > drivers/net ? Why doesn't your request apply to them as well ? > > Don't use examples of drivers doing the wrong thing as an excuse for > you to repeat the mistake. > > Ok? Well, it's not like there is a big red warning near those drivers saying "this is wrong"... How could I have known that in advance ? > > That kind of argument doesn't work here. I know that, I just didn't know those drivers did "the wrong thing" Oded
