> What I have works. Your consumers get quirk handling, mine don't need it. > No compromise.
Hi Don All this discussion is now a mute point. GregKH has spoken. But i'm sure there are some on the side lines, eating popcorn, maybe learning from the discussion. Would you think it is O.K. to add a KAPI which works for 3 1/2" SCSI disks, but not 2", because you only make machines with 3 1/2" bays? This is an extreme, absurd example, but hopefully you get the point. We don't design KAPIs with the intention to only work for a subset of devices. It needs to work with as many devices as possible, even if the first implementation below the KAPI is limited to just a subset. Anyway, i'm gratefull you have looked at the new ethtool netlink KAPI. It will be better for your contributions. And i hope you can make use of it in the future. But i think this discussion about optoe in mainline is over. Andrew