Re: [PTACH v2 1/6] update-linux-headers: sync-up header with Linux for KVM AIA support

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On Fri, May 05 2023, Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri,  5 May 2023 11:39:36 +0000
> Yong-Xuan Wang <yongxuan.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Update the linux headers to get the latest KVM RISC-V headers with AIA support
>> by the scripts/update-linux-headers.sh.
>> The linux headers is comes from the riscv_aia_v1 branch available at
>> https://github.com/avpatel/linux.git. It hasn't merged into the mainline kernel.
>
> Updating linux-headers outside of code accepted to mainline gets a down
> vote from me.  This sets a poor precedent and can potentially lead to
> complicated compatibility issues.  Thanks,
>
> Alex

Indeed, this needs to be clearly marked as a placeholder patch, and
replaced with a proper header sync after the changes hit the mainline
kernel.




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