On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 3:39 PM Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. > Hi Alex and Cornelia, We found that the changes are from 2 different patchsets. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230404153452.2405681-1-apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [2] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg4791872.html Patchset 1 is already merged into mainline kernel in v6.4-rc1 and patchset 2 is not. Maybe we can split them into two placeholder patches? Regards, Yong-Xuan
