linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] PCI: hv: Make the code arch neutral by adding arch specific interfaces

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Date:   Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:57:09 -0500
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     Sunil Muthuswamy <sunilmut@...ux.microsoft.com>
Cc:     kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        wei.liu@...nel.org, maz@...nel.org, decui@...rosoft.com,
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        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        Sunil Muthuswamy <sunilmut@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] PCI: hv: Make the code arch neutral by adding
 arch specific interfaces

On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 08:53:13AM -0700, Sunil Muthuswamy wrote:
> From: Sunil Muthuswamy <sunilmut@...rosoft.com>
> 
> Encapsulate arch dependencies in Hyper-V vPCI through a set of interfaces,
> listed below. Adding these arch specific interfaces will allow for an
> implementation for other arch, such as ARM64.
> 
> Implement the interfaces for X64, which is essentially just moving over the
> current implementation.

I think you mean x86, not X64, right?

Bjorn