[PATCH v2 05/19] net/xsc: add ioctl command interface

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Sep 12 07:50:21 CEST 2024


On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 12:14:08 +0800
"WanRenyong" <wanry at yunsilicon.com> wrote:

> >  
> >> +};
> >> +  
> > Does this device driver depend on some upstr  
> Yes, it depends on linux kernel driver of the device.
> 
> Hello, Stephen,
> 
> Thanks for your review,  please see above.

What is the driver? I don't see in the current kernel.org tree.


My concern is that if the driver is not upstream, it is probably not
going to pass the review of kernel developers. This means security and
API changes would be required.

Ioctl's are considered the worst API to the kernel and unlikely
to be accepted.


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