linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Documentation: hyperv: Add basic info on Hyper-V enlightenments

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Message-ID: <8735f44w27.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:06:08 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        wei.liu@...nel.org, decui@...rosoft.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Documentation: hyperv: Add basic info on Hyper-V
 enlightenments

Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org> writes:

> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 10:48:21AM -0700, Michael Kelley wrote:
>> This documentation is a high level overview to explain the basics
>> of Linux running as a guest on Hyper-V. The intent is to document
>> the forest, not the trees. The Hyper-V Top Level Functional Spec
>> provides conceptual material and API details for the core Hyper-V
>> hypervisor, and this documentation provides additional info on
>> how that functionality is applied to Linux. Also, there's no
>> public documentation on VMbus or the VMbus synthetic devices, so
>> this documentation helps fill that gap at a conceptual level. This
>> documentation is not API-level documentation, which can be seen
>> in the code and associated comments.
>> 
>> More topics will be added in future patches, including:
>> 
>> * Miscellaneous synthetic devices like KVP, timesync, VSS, etc.
>> * Virtual PCI support
>> * Isolated/Confidential VMs
>> * UIO driver
>> 
>> If you think I'm missing a topic that fits into the overall
>> approach as described, feel free to suggest text, or let me
>> know and I can add it to my list.
>> 
>> Changes in v2:
>> * Updated clocks.rst to use section hierarchy that matches
>>   overview.rst and vmbus.rst [Wei Liu]
>> 
>> Michael Kelley (3):
>>   Documentation: hyperv: Add overview of Hyper-V enlightenments
>>   Documentation: hyperv: Add overview of VMbus
>>   Documentation: hyperv: Add overview of clocks and timers
>
> Content-wise all patches look good to me.
>
> Jonathan, let me know how you would like to handle this series. I'm
> happy to carry them in hyperv-next.

I went ahead and applied them while I was in the neighborhood.

Thanks,

jon