linux-kernel - Re: Request VFIO inclusion in linux-next

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Message-Id: <20120627095024.e282e975c2870e696bc5693f@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:50:24 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	iommu <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	qemu-devel <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>,
	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>,
	chrisw <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	"Roedel, Joerg" <Joerg.Roedel@....com>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: Request VFIO inclusion in linux-next

Hi Alex,

On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:55:52 -0600 Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> VFIO has been kicking around for well over a year now and has been
> posted numerous times for review.  The pre-requirements are finally
> available in linux-next (or will be in the 20120626 build) so I'd like
> to request a new branch be included in linux-next with a goal of being
> accepted into v3.6.
> 
> The info for linux-next:
> 
> Tree: git://github.com/awilliam/linux-vfio.git
> Branch: next
> Contact: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
> 
> This branch should be applied after both Bjorn's PCI next branch and
> Joerg's IOMMU next branch

I have added this from today.  Since this tree merges (parts of) the pci
and iommu trees, I am hoping that those are to remain stable - if not,
then you need to stay alert if they are rebased.

Thanks for adding your subsystem tree as a participant of linux-next.  As
you may know, this is not a judgment of your code.  The purpose of
linux-next is for integration testing and to lower the impact of
conflicts between subsystems in the next merge window. 

You will need to ensure that the patches/commits in your tree/series have
been:
     * submitted under GPL v2 (or later) and include the Contributor's
	Signed-off-by,
     * posted to the relevant mailing list,
     * reviewed by you (or another maintainer of your subsystem tree),
     * successfully unit tested, and 
     * destined for the current or next Linux merge window.

Basically, this should be just what you would send to Linus (or ask him
to fetch).  It is allowed to be rebased if you deem it necessary.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell 
sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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