linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH V2 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Extract the mmio information from DSDT

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Date:	Sat, 8 Feb 2014 00:25:49 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V2 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Extract the mmio information
 from DSDT



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org]
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 3:21 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; devel@...uxdriverproject.org; olaf@...fle.de;
> apw@...onical.com; jasowang@...hat.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/1] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Extract the mmio information
> from DSDT
> 
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 06:14:39PM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > On Gen2 firmware, Hyper-V does not emulate the PCI bus. However, the
> MMIO
> > information is packaged up in DSDT. Extract this information and export it
> > for use by the synthetic framebuffer driver. This is the only driver that
> > needs this currently.
> 
> I don't see a follow-on patch that uses these variables, where is that?

The synthetic framebuffer driver will use this. It will be submitted shortly.

K. Y 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
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