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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20220717231458.zcapml7bfccw2pjw@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2>
Date:   Sun, 17 Jul 2022 23:14:58 +0000
From:   Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>, kys@...rosoft.com,
        haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        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

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 02:06:08PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> 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!