linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 15/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect if the device is a vmbus dev

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Date:   Tue, 6 Dec 2016 11:54:04 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     kys@...rosoft.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
        olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com, vkuznets@...hat.com,
        jasowang@...hat.com, leann.ogasawara@...onical.com,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 15/15] hyperv: Add a function to detect if the device
 is a vmbus dev

On Sat, Dec 03, 2016 at 12:34:42PM -0800, kys@...hange.microsoft.com wrote:
> From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> 
> On Hyper-V, every VF interface has a corresponding synthetic
> interface managed by netvsc that share the same MAC
> address. netvsc registers for netdev events to manage this
> association. Currently we use the MAC address to manage this
> association but going forward, we want to use a serial number that
> the host publishes. To do this we need functionality similar
> to dev_is_pci() for the vmbus devices. Implement such a function.
> 
> This function will be used in subsequent patches to netvsc and in the
> interest of eliminating cross tree dependencies, this patch is being
> submitted first.

As I stated before, I want to see those patches before I will take this
one...

thanks,

greg k-h