linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 00/21] Staging: hv: Cleanup vmbus driver

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:47:59 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	"gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.osdl.org" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 00/21] Staging: hv: Cleanup vmbus driver



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@...ah.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:37 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: gregkh@...e.de; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> devel@...uxdriverproject.org; virtualization@...ts.osdl.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/21] Staging: hv: Cleanup vmbus driver
> 
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 01:59:42PM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > This patch-set fixes the following issues in the vmbus driver (vmbus_drv.c):
> >
> > Cleanup root device management: (patches 1/21 through 10/21)
> > 	1) Get rid of the hv_driver code from the vmbus abstraction
> > 	2) Get rid of unnecessary call sequences and functions
> > 	3) Cleanup the management of the root device by using the
> > 	   standard mechanism for grouping devices under /sys/devices
> 
> I've applied the first 9 patches, as I had questions on 10 and 11, and
> the others after that don't apply without those two applied.

Let me know what the questions are on 10 and 11. When I first sent you the 
patch-set, you had suggested some name changes in 11. Thomas had a comment
on 12.  This morning I sent
the corrected version of 11 as well as 12.
> 
> So, care to resend the rest of the series when we've figured out the
> root device stuff?

Sure. Let me know what the issues/concerns are with regards to root
device handling.

Regards,

K. Y


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