On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 09:49:13AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote: > given it impacts uAPI: > > - now attach/replace can be done anytime > - with this series attach/replace is rejected when a device is being reset > - later with compat testing ops attach/replace can be done again at > any time > > we should be cautious here, especially if this series goes into 6.18 (likely > the next LTS version) the interim behavior change may last long. yes > we discussed that no know usage would want to do attach/replace > while a device is being reset, but I wonder whether we should instead > wait for a full solution to avoid unnecessary uAPI change back-and-forth...
That's a very fair point. To keep the uAPI consistent: I will split the series, making a smaller preparatory one, as a part-1 for release_domain and old_domain. Part-2 will roll out a can_attach op across drivers. And part-3 should have the final reset patches. Thanks Nicolin

