linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Hyperv detection

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Date:	Wed, 19 May 2010 13:06:01 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
CC:	Ky Srinivasan <ksrinivasan@...ell.com>, greg@...ah.com,
	hjanssen@...rosoft.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Hyperv detection - code cleanup

On 05/19/2010 11:47 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 05/19/2010 08:51 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 05/19/2010 10:12 AM, Ky Srinivasan wrote:
>>    
>>> From: K. Y. Srinivasan<ksrinivasan@...ell.com>
>>> Subject: Code cleanup - consolidate all hyperv related definitions into one
>>> header file.
>>>
>>>      
>> How will this affect KVM?  I was under the impression that this was
>> separated out as a constants-only header file for a reason.
> 
> It's exported, so any types need to be compatible with userspace (i.e. 
> __u32).
> 

... and certainly no prototypes for kernel-only functionality.
Right, that's what I thought.  So NAK on this patch, too.

	-hpa
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