From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753547Ab3LCMdL (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Dec 2013 07:33:11 -0500 Received: from mail-wg0-f53.google.com ([74.125.82.53]:43033 "EHLO mail-wg0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751775Ab3LCMdH (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Dec 2013 07:33:07 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 12:32:53 +0000 From: Kim Phillips To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: B08248@freescale.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: driver core patches Message-Id: <20131203123253.9fd9b92ff0170b214e69f18b@linaro.org> In-Reply-To: <20131106021247.GB6687@kroah.com> References: <9F6FE96B71CF29479FF1CDC8046E15036F480C@039-SN1MPN1-002.039d.mgd.msft.net> <20131106021247.GB6687@kroah.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.0beta5 (GTK+ 2.24.20; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 5 Nov 2013 18:12:47 -0800 "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 10:53:36PM +0000, Stuart Yoder wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > > Any feedback on the driver core patches in Kim Phillips patch series > > from mid-October? > > > > The 3rd patch of the series has some open issues related to vfio-pci, > > but the first two are driver core related and am wondering if they > > are acceptable. > > As I saw there was lots of discussion, and some rework needed, I haven't > paid any attention to them, expecting to see another set show up. the first two patches didn't receive any feedback, whilst the 3rd broke vfio-pci userspace i/f compatibility, so I'm going to assume that 1 and 2 are acceptable and work to enable rebinding platform devices, and that vfio-pci can transition over later. > Also, it's way past the merge window, and I can't do anything with any > new patches until after 3.13-rc1 is out, combined with a > travel-schedule-from-hell, and I really am not going to want to review > these types of patches for a number of weeks. > > So take the time, fix them up, and send them after 3.13-rc2 is out or so > and I should have a chance to look at them then. Hopefully I'll hate > them less by then, but I'm not guaranteeing anything... ok, 3.13-rc2 is out, so I'm going to repost 1 & 2 now. fwiw, I'm omitting the fourth patch to reduce confusion because it depends on Antonios Motakis' vfio-platform WIP patchseries. Kim