linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] x86 User Interrupts support

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Date:   Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:07:27 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
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        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] x86 User Interrupts support

On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 07:46:43AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> I encourage everyone submitting new hardware features to include
> information about where their feature will show up to end users *and* to
> say how widely it will be available.  I'd actually prefer if maintainers
> rejected patches that didn't have this information.

Make sense.  So, what are the answers to these questions for this new
CPU feature?

thanks,

greg k-h