linux-kernel - Re: refactor the i915 GVT support and move to the modern mdev API v2

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Date:   Tue, 9 Nov 2021 09:01:39 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     "Wang, Zhi A" <zhi.a.wang@...el.com>
Cc:     Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Vivi, Rodrigo" <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        "intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org" <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "intel-gvt-dev@...ts.freedesktop.org" 
        <intel-gvt-dev@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: refactor the i915 GVT support and move to the modern mdev API
 v2

On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 02:51:28PM +0000, Wang, Zhi A wrote:
> Is it possible to separate the refactor part from the using new mdev API stuff? So that the design opens in the re-factor patches wouldn’t block the process of mdev API improvement?

Jason had an early patch for it, but it looks so horrible that I'd much
rather sort out the underlying issues first.