[PATCH 1/2] habanalabs/uapi: move uapi file to drm

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Dec 27 13:46:11 UTC 2022


On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 02:04:14PM +0200, Oded Gabbay wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 9:26 AM Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 11:32:26PM +0200, Oded Gabbay wrote:
> > > Move the habanalabs.h uapi file from include/uapi/misc to
> > > include/uapi/drm, and rename it to habanalabs_accel.h.
> > >
> > > This is required before moving the actual driver to the accel
> > > subsystem.
> >
> > What requires this?  Isn't this going to break userspace code?
> Yes, most definitely it will break userspace code. Moreover, the
> patches I'll send in 1-2 weeks to change the device char files will
> also break it.
> Having said that, I'm not worried because I don't believe anyone is
> working with the upstream version because there is no NIC support
> (yet).

Ok, if you are sure that no one will complain about broken builds,
that's fine to move, but be aware that if they do complain, you'll have
to back these changes out.

thanks,

greg k-h


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