linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 14/30] vfio/pci: re-introduce CONFIG_VFIO_PCI

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Message-ID: <87czjzvztw.fsf@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:35:39 +0100
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 14/30] vfio/pci: re-introduce CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV

On Fri, Feb 04 2022, Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:

> This was previously removed as unnecessary; while that was true, subsequent
> changes will make KVM an additional required component for vfio-pci-zdev.
> Let's re-introduce CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV as now there is actually a reason
> to say 'n' for it (when not planning to CONFIG_KVM).

Hm... can the file be split into parts that depend on KVM and parts that
don't? Does anybody ever use vfio-pci on a non-kvm s390 system?

[Apologies if that has been discussed before, this is my first look at
this series.]

>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig      | 11 +++++++++++
>  drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile     |  2 +-
>  include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h |  2 +-
>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>