Re: [RFC net-next 08/17] net/dibs: Register ism as dibs device

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On 10.08.25 16:46, Dust Li wrote:
> I've been wondering whether we should completely remove the ISM concept
> from SMC. Including rename smc_ism.c into smc_dibs.c.
> 
> Since DIBS already serves as the replacement for ISM, having both ISM
> and DIBS coexist in the codebase seems a bit confusing and inconsistent.
> Removing ISM could help streamline the code and improve clarity.
> 
> Best regards,
> Dust

I second that.
Like I wrote in the last commit message:
"[RFC net-next 17/17] net/dibs: Move event handling to dibs layer
...
SMC-D and ISM are now independent.
struct ism_dev can be moved to drivers/s390/net/ism.h.

Note that in smc, the term 'ism' is still used. Future patches could
replace that with 'dibs' or 'smc-d' as appropriate."


I am not sure what would be the best way to do such a global replacement.
One big patch on top of dibs-series? That would be a lot of changes without
adding any functionality.
Or do you have other clarity improvements in the pipeline that could be combined?
I would like to defer that decision to the smc maintainers. Would that be ok for you?






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