From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6137C282C0 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:06:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87532218E2 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:06:22 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548432382; bh=qZ87svk+Jt2tvcvB1Bc5Ocp/YHcnCScZfvJ8AKWSZxU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=WkQPzZp6DzJNnhyVHuRW88sE3xwRSpuuLF+qh0f8QvtocVUoPYFkuw58kqyF/X5YI H2n2lSsp0NUX07t2omdmOM/3punup0pWG/MSSgcJorXH03fzSeZ8ksKt31L22j55DW xBfKcPVQ4hx/lFEoe0EBEGPbMkMpjmljLGV7DZYg= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726917AbfAYQGV (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:06:21 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:47424 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726126AbfAYQGU (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:06:20 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 36A14218CD; Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:06:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548432379; bh=qZ87svk+Jt2tvcvB1Bc5Ocp/YHcnCScZfvJ8AKWSZxU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=xS3ca+eZTSuILC+jiiWUsrPdvQygqKoSiQZx792mjSpHX5cLbJQhHLc56nBC957Qi NInhHi6ZF8f6YMjwjZCuo3Emquam+tB24jMnYpkj7IbZRbnoXLsQ5MYKNAawt0bnuI qZRobglKuZBF6k82qCo5nxJrEsxKwH30fghr4htU= Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:06:17 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Olof Johansson Cc: Dave Airlie , Oded Gabbay , Jerome Glisse , LKML , ogabbay@habana.ai Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] Habana Labs kernel driver Message-ID: <20190125160617.GB14934@kroah.com> References: <20190123000057.31477-1-oded.gabbay@gmail.com> <20190125073745.GD11891@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.2 (2019-01-07) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 07:33:23AM -0800, Olof Johansson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 11:37 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman > > As for what directory the code should live in, I suggested "misc" as > > there was no other universal location, and I hate to see new subsystems > > be created with only one driver, as that's pretty sad. But it's just a > > name/location, I have no dog in the fight, so I really don't care where > > it ends up in the tree, just as long as it gets merged somewhere :) > > I'm usually one to push back against new subsystems too, especially > when I see a framework proposal with just one driver. In this case, > given that we all know more vendors will come along, I think it makes > sense to take the discussion and establish structure now. This should > give some clarity to those who are out there that we haven't seen yet, > and give them a chance to prepare for things such as the low-level > userspace pieces mentioned above. > > So I think setting this up now is the right thing to do, we know there > will be more material here and having a common aggregation of it makes > sense. Ok, how about: drivers/deep_thought/ as a first proposal. Let the bikeshedding begin! :) greg k-h