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 32C33C282C7 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:52:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0155121903 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:52:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548510762; bh=w8mZxLyq7qP4JBT9W8wOa8LD3hoZRNrrmQu4xNjcZa0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=HkYy4UV/gC3sawoRpO17mSgNEc2z9MAIDhlkeKooy94ky7fCyJPupjb8gulujHd6Q 0KOFyyVqVEGiDbfoxQlb7y/SiXWy7Ys1mkRFpUjpnJC8LzTjnwmV6UQLjeyPQwNu67 vcy9fYFC4ci7JIlD45Cp8aUfGfC0RK6SUqtGI3qM= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726336AbfAZNwk (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jan 2019 08:52:40 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:56902 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726038AbfAZNwk (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jan 2019 08:52:40 -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 BB5F921902; Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:52:38 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548510759; bh=w8mZxLyq7qP4JBT9W8wOa8LD3hoZRNrrmQu4xNjcZa0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=ChvCUju5w3fm/HLK5L1g8soahgCNS9GQ9XWx9o3W7uQuvt3rD1tzxwRISlTCwXMvi px8YKL9zF7Cy41OTQV9fTia9To59+b0fB2l75B+J1RFhSGCuXs4m77nybcj8NxVJsu mtZi/UI79MeE9ADgePX2lRAJELZxXFUgQ4+6LeiY= Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 14:52:36 +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: <20190126135236.GC23749@kroah.com> References: <20190123000057.31477-1-oded.gabbay@gmail.com> <20190125073745.GD11891@kroah.com> <20190125160617.GB14934@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 09:12:49AM -0800, Olof Johansson wrote: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 8:06 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman > wrote: > > > > 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! :) > > My original proposal upthread was driver/accel. I'm not sure whether > Dave and/or anyone else wants to participate to start though, I hope > they will at least join in once things are heading in the direction > they want. > > I'll post patches with the proposed moves and documentation of > expectations shortly, hopefully to collect acks. Patches all look good to me, I can merge them through my char-misc tree once we get the acks from the relevant driver maintainers. thanks, greg k-h