linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] nfit: add Hyper-V NVDIMM DSM command set to white list

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Date:   Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:58:41 +0000
From:   Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
CC:     Ross Zwisler <zwisler@...nel.org>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Josh Poulson <jopoulso@...rosoft.com>,
        "driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org" 
        <driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] nfit: add Hyper-V NVDIMM DSM command set to white list

> From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:55 PM
> 
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 1:40 PM Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > I made the below simple change. Is this enough? Please suggest the proper
> > wording/sentence, as I'm relatively new to NVDIMM, and I don't really know
> the history of the standardization process.
> 
> How about something a bit more relevant for the code in question:
> 
 
> There are 4 "legacy" NVDIMM command sets
> (NVDIMM_FAMILY_{INTEL,MSFT,HPE1,HPE2}) that were created before an EFI
> working group was established to constrain this proliferation. The
> nfit driver probes for the supported command set by GUID. Note, If
> you're a platform developer looking to add a new command set to this
> probe consider using an existing set, or otherwise seek approval to
> publish the command set at
> http://www.uefi.org/RFIC_LIST

Looks perfect! Let me use this, rebase the patch to 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm.git/tag/?h=libnvdimm-fixes-5.0-rc4
and post a v2 later today.

Thanks,
-- Dexuan