On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 02:07:52PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:31 PM > > To: Greg KH > > Cc: KY Srinivasan; x86@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olaf@xxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx; tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; JBeulich@xxxxxxxx; bp@xxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Use the new infrastructure for > > delivering VMBUS interrupts > > > > On 02/06/2013 11:13 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 07:25:59AM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > >> Use the infrastructure for delivering VMBUS interrupts using a > > >> special vector. With this patch, we can now properly handle > > >> the VMBUS interrupts that can be delivered on any CPU. Also, > > >> turn on interrupt load balancing as well. > > >> > > >> This patch requires the infrastructure that was implemented in the patch: > > >> X86: Handle Hyper-V vmbus interrupts as special hypervisor interrupts > > >> > > > > > > Because of the dependancy, this should go through the x86 tree as well: > > > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > This does not apply to v3.8-rc7 + the set of three vmbus patches for > > x86. I take it there are additional dependencies -- K.Y., what do I > > need here? > > Greg, > > Peter has checked in the infrastructural patches into v3.8-rc7. This version > does not have the patches that upgraded the VMBUS protocol version to the > win8 levels. What is "this version"? > How will the infrastructural patches get moved forward to the version > where you have checked-in all the vmbus protocol updates: > [PATCH 00/28] Drivers: hv: Update the Vmbus protocol. Those are in the char-misc git tree and will to go Linus for 3.9-rc1. > Now that Peter has checked in the needed patches, could you take this > patch through your tree. What again is "this"? > Let me know, if you need, I can re-send this patch to you. Will it cause build problems if I take this patch in my tree, without the changes in the -tip tree? thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
