From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Catangiu, Adrian Costin" <acatan@amazon.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8] drivers/misc: sysgenid: add system generation id driver
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:22:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YFrowKgcnozZyxKC@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E6E517FF-A37C-427C-B16F-066A965B8F42@amazon.com>
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 04:10:27PM +0000, Catangiu, Adrian Costin wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> After your previous reply on this thread we started considering to provide this interface and framework/functionality through a userspace service instead of a kernel interface.
> The latest iteration on this evolving patch-set doesn’t have strong reasons for living in the kernel anymore - the only objectively strong advantage would be easier driving of ecosystem integration; but I am not sure that's a good enough reason to create a new kernel interface.
>
> I am now looking into adding this through Systemd. Either as a pluggable service or maybe even a systemd builtin offering.
>
> What are your thoughts on it?
Now dropped from my char-misc-testing branch. If you all decide you
want this as a kernel driver, please resubmit it.
Also next time, you might give me a heads-up that you don't want a patch
merged...
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-24 7:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-08 14:18 [PATCH v8] drivers/misc: sysgenid: add system generation id driver Adrian Catangiu
2021-03-08 14:36 ` Greg KH
2021-03-08 16:03 ` Alexander Graf
2021-03-08 17:24 ` Greg KH
2021-03-23 12:56 ` Greg KH
2021-03-23 16:10 ` Catangiu, Adrian Costin
2021-03-23 16:35 ` Greg KH
2021-03-24 16:38 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2021-03-24 7:22 ` Greg KH [this message]
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