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=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no 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 71A7EC3A5A2 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 22:50:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FDAF22CF8 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 22:50:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726635AbfICWum (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Sep 2019 18:50:42 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:52780 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725977AbfICWum (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Sep 2019 18:50:42 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [62.21.130.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7FB4414B7A8C9; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 15:50:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:50:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20190903.155037.530228169649734979.davem@davemloft.net> To: pmalani@chromium.org Cc: bambi.yeh@realtek.com, hayeswang@realtek.com, amber.chen@realtek.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, ryankao@realtek.com, jackc@realtek.com, albertk@realtek.com, marcochen@google.com, nic_swsd@realtek.com, grundler@chromium.org Subject: Re: Proposal: r8152 firmware patching framework From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <0835B3720019904CB8F7AA43166CEEB2F18DA7A9@RTITMBSVM03.realtek.com.tw> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:50:41 -0700 (PDT) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Prashant Malani Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 14:32:01 -0700 > I've moved David to the TO list to hopefully get his suggestions and > guidance about how to design this in a upstream-compatible way. I am not an expert in this area so please do not solicit my opinion. Thank you.