linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Linux KVM tool for v3.7-rc0

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Message-Id: <20121114162448.e2b05b1be8c62bcb64cc7d42@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:24:48 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Linux KVM tool for v3.7-rc0

Hi all again,

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:04:36 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:50:52 -0700 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux.git kvmtool/for-linus
> > >
> > > So you have not taken this in the v3.7 merge window.
> > >
> > > Will you ever merge this?
> > 
> > I have yet to see a compelling argument for merging it. It's tons of
> > code, it doesnt match the original "small simple" model, and I think
> > it would be better off as a separate project.
> 
> So are there any compelling arguments from the proponents, or can I
> remove this from linux-next (and have it removed from the tip auto-latest
> branch)?

So, where did we get to?  I *think* the consensus was that the KVM tool
did not need to be in the kernel tree, right?  In which case:

	1) I need to remove the kvmtool tree from linux-next
	2) the same code needs to be removed from the tip tree

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

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