linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 00/22] Add Mediated device support

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Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2016 17:46:46 +1100
From:   Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>
To:     Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>, alex.williamson@...hat.com,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, kraxel@...hat.com, cjia@...dia.com
Cc:     qemu-devel@...gnu.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, kevin.tian@...el.com,
        jike.song@...el.com, bjsdjshi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 00/22] Add Mediated device support

On 07/11/16 17:36, Kirti Wankhede wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/7/2016 11:45 AM, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
>> On 07/11/16 14:59, Kirti Wankhede wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/7/2016 9:00 AM, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
>>>> On 05/11/16 08:10, Kirti Wankhede wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>>>>>
>>>>>   Patch series tested with linux-next upto commit 14970f204b19 @Fri Oct 28
>>>>>   Resolved against conflicting change:
>>>>
>>>> Patch 11/22 does not apply if the patchset is applied on top of 14970f204b19.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Pull commit 05692d7005a3 (below) commit.
>>
>> Nah, it was my fault, thunderbird's plugin saved mails in wrong order,
>> false alarm, sorry.
>>
>> Speaking of order, 11/22 is better be squashed into 02/22 (as it does not
>> seem to make sense alone; it also does not depend on something between
>> 02/22 and 11/22); and both 01/22 and 02/22 better be moved where "docs"
>> patches start as they do not makes sense earlier anyway, or do they?
>>
>>
> 
> There are dependencies in the patch series:
> Patch 10/22 depends on patch 01/22 and patch 03/22 to 09/22 patch.
> 
> Patch 02/22 depends on patch 01/22.
> 
> Patch 11/22 doesn't make sense without patch 10/22.
> 
> Patch 12/22 depends on patch 11/22.
> 
> Patch 13/22 to 18/22 are independent, pulling common code in functions.
> But patch 21/22 uses these APIs in sample driver, so has to be before that.
> 
> Patch 19/22 adds basic documentation.
> Patch 21/22 depends on 19/22 patch because that adds sample driver and
> its explanation to documentation.


Ouch, I get it now, sorry. I was compiling on ppc64 and everything related
to iommu type1 (i.e. x86) just got skipped.



-- 
Alexey