RE: [PATCH v1 00/22] vfio: Adopt iommufd

Duan, Zhenzhong posted 22 patches 7 months, 3 weeks ago
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RE: [PATCH v1 00/22] vfio: Adopt iommufd
Posted by Duan, Zhenzhong 7 months, 3 weeks ago

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
>Sent: Friday, September 15, 2023 8:43 PM
>Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/22] vfio: Adopt iommufd
>
>On 8/30/23 12:37, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As the kernel side iommufd cdev and hot reset feature have been queued,
>> also hwpt alloc has been added in Jason's for_next branch [1], I'd like
>> to update a new version matching kernel side update and with rfc flag
>> removed. Qemu code can be found at [2], look forward more comments!
>
>FYI, I have started cleaning up the VFIO support in QEMU PPC. First
>is the removal of nvlink2, which was dropped from the kernel 2.5 years
>ago. Next is probably removal of all the PPC bits in VFIO. Code is
>bitrotting and AFAICT VFIO has been broken on these platforms since
>5.18 or so.
>
>The consequences on this patchset should be less movement of code
>between files. I think this is something we should reduce to maintain
>history.

Glad to know I'll only need to move less code. I'll rebase this patchset
after you finish.

Thanks
Zhenzhong