linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3] VFIO driver: Non-privileged user level PCI drivers

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Message-ID: <20100720202030.GC11991@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:20:30 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Piotr Jaroszy??ski <p.jaroszynski@...il.com>
Cc:	Tom Lyon <pugs@...co.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, randy.dunlap@...cle.com, arnd@...db.de,
	chrisw@...s-sol.org, joro@...tes.org, hjk@...utronix.de,
	avi@...hat.com, alex.williamson@...hat.com, mst@...hat.com,
	aafabbri@...co.com, scofeldm@...co.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] VFIO driver: Non-privileged user level PCI drivers

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:45:23AM +0200, Piotr Jaroszy??ski wrote:
> On 16 July 2010 23:58, Tom Lyon <pugs@...co.com> wrote:
> > The VFIO "driver" is used to allow privileged AND non-privileged processes to
> > implement user-level device drivers for any well-behaved PCI, PCI-X, and PCIe
> > devices.
> 
> Thanks for working on that! I wonder whether it's possible to say what
> are the chances of it being merged to mainline and which version we
> might be talking about?

We still have a long way to go before you need to worry about what
kernel version it's going to show up in...

thanks,

greg k-h
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