From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linux.microsoft.com (linux.microsoft.com [13.77.154.182]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB13F359A6C; Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:40:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=13.77.154.182 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791783617; cv=none; b=REWMLssuBiB7rdhdsmT++sAT7tbBanbi2QxjY5uPwFLFfRPrpG7hoy1Kq0R512KNoD8cqnIuBZMJSupt5itWgTeFzCPnH5O6/TeHgFuIers4kVrsnSVnF4JH2ibr6YsuMpriB+Xe5MEfGGDEmbZoIl29dYFvQ59cz6xJdheMKJ8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791783617; c=relaxed/simple; bh=R8YTUHbSpFTLz5kjMrARIiK6318Jt9L059MVFzOz0fA=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=pZoty9/G7XWUwKD+rvLGNUpVli1yYfcaWVhlSdejuQWeW5xBv3sNGgqWHFxZZvOtwdgVRc6n4yc+/ckk+o+XA2W360Xt75wxvueKs1IYzxbZILnFZOZg1eiHyWoOlzsblIlFEeGQfxv6XU8lgNCSMjd8x+Fpkq1vcvcsXl8L+Ag= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.microsoft.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.microsoft.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.microsoft.com header.i=@linux.microsoft.com header.b=szR0yvLv; arc=none smtp.client-ip=13.77.154.182 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.microsoft.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.microsoft.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.microsoft.com header.i=@linux.microsoft.com header.b="szR0yvLv" Received: from [10.95.64.165] (unknown [4.194.122.170]) by linux.microsoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DF99320B7168; Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:40:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 linux.microsoft.com DF99320B7168 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.microsoft.com; s=default; t=1791783613; bh=F8BLM/EN+EMQVfOrQkeXaSwR2I2+MDBRB8M+3XqUjwY=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=szR0yvLvkCjQynZDfRY4Fwvohdfx/AqvI1DvsAAsSjaXDKVy7uPfOc0VMvmLhnuCw pcvLGSO/TRgdPsuJd9ZGfUKD4DlTLlR1fFLIA5FthKMU5KEybs+VI+VaDkn+7BifRk 0V4udmWqSLU0KU9In04QeX3emLcMxHWEp1/W7dWU= Message-ID: <12b726c0-46c6-4f3e-9119-24f6c877e3fb@linux.microsoft.com> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:10:08 +0530 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] Documentation: hyperv: Remove support for guests on Hyper-V 2012/2012R2 To: mhklinux@outlook.com, haiyangz@microsoft.com, wei.liu@kernel.org, decui@microsoft.com, corbet@lwn.net, skhan@linuxfoundation.org, rdunlap@infradead.org, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org References: <20261009174007.6745-1-mhklinux@outlook.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Naman Jain In-Reply-To: <20261009174007.6745-1-mhklinux@outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 10/9/2026 11:10 PM, Michael Kelley wrote: > Support for running Linux guests on Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Hyper-V > hosts and Windows 8/8.1 hosts has been removed, which includes removing > support for operating Hyper-V synthetic timers in other than Direct Mode. > Update the documentation to reflect these removals. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley > --- > Changes since v1: > * Updated the netvsc.rst network driver documentation [Naman Jain] > * My "below the line" comment in v1 wrong. It said that removal of WS2012 > support was going into 7.4. But it is actually already in 7.3. So > ideally these doc changes would go into 7.3 as well. > > .../device_drivers/ethernet/microsoft/netvsc.rst | 14 +++++++------- > Documentation/virt/hyperv/clocks.rst | 8 ++------ > Documentation/virt/hyperv/overview.rst | 6 +++--- > 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) > Reviewed-by: Naman Jain Regards, Naman