On 2012-09-06 18:06, Andreas Färber wrote: > Am 06.09.2012 10:44, schrieb Jan Kiszka: >> On 2012-08-30 20:30, Jan Kiszka wrote: >>> This adds PCI device assignment for i386 targets using the classic KVM >>> interfaces. This version is 100% identical to what is being maintained >>> in qemu-kvm for several years and is supported by libvirt as well. It is >>> expected to remain relevant for another couple of years until kernels >>> without full-features and performance-wise equivalent VFIO support are >>> obsolete. >>> >>> A refactoring to-do that should be done in-tree is to model MSI and >>> MSI-X support via the generic PCI layer, similar to what VFIO is already >>> doing for MSI-X. This should improve the correctness and clean up the >>> code from duplicate logic. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> >>> Changes in v3: >>> - addressed comment by Peter (changed device name to kvm-pci-assign + >>> alias) >>> - addressed (most) comments by Michael >>> - fixed INT pin regression >> >> Does someone _disagree_ that there are no open (and reasonably solvable) >> issues and that this can now be merged through uq/master? > > My implicit suggestion was to add a notice that new patch contributions > to the file from date yyyy-mm-dd on would be declared GPLv2+, as Paolo > has done elsewhere. That would limit the amount of people to ask for a > potential relicensing attempt. Sorry, someone else will have to add this. Personally I think it is pointless to worry about it here anyway as hunting down all contributors and getting them to agree on a GPLv2+ will take longer than the expected lifetime of this component. Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RTC ITP SDP-DE Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
