linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/13 v7] PCI: Linux kernel SR-IOV support

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Message-Id: <200812171142.56170.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:42:54 -0800
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	"Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Jike Song <albcamus@...il.com>,
	"Zhao, Yu" <yu.zhao@...el.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/13 v7] PCI: Linux kernel SR-IOV support

On Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:05 am Rose, Gregory V wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesse Barnes [mailto:jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org]
>
> On Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:44 am Rose, Gregory V wrote:
> > As noted in the attached email to the netdev list, we (e1000_devel) will
> > support the API.
>
> Do you think you'll have those changes ready for 2.6.29?  Would merging
> core SR-IOV support now make that any more likely?
>
>
>
> I'm not sure about readiness for 2.6.29.  I can tell you that as soon as I
> get a Xen Dom0 kernel with these API's included it will take me less than a
> day to convert over to them from the current drivers I have that are using
> an older API from back in August.  The drivers are mostly functional, they
> have a few bugs.  I could do some quick regression testing to make sure
> that the API changes haven't broken anything and then some bug fixes to get
> everything ready for release.  Maybe two or three weeks for the major bugs.
>  I'll be out over the Christmas holidays so that puts us into middle or
> late January if I got the Xen Dom0 kernel today.  That seems unlikely but
> it gives you an idea of the time required.

Hm, that's not the answer I was hoping for. :)  (Was looking for, "Yeah we 
just need this bits queued and we'll send an update for e1000 right away." :)

I really don't want the SR-IOV stuff to sit out another merge cycle though...  
Arg.

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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