linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfio-mdev: reinstate VFIO

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Message-ID: <20240912140509.GA893@lst.de>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:05:09 +0200
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: Jon Kohler <jon@...anix.com>
Cc: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
	Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>, Rohit Shenoy <rshenoy@...dia.com>,
	Tarun Gupta <targupta@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio-mdev: reinstate VFIO_MDEV Kconfig

On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 07:19:55AM -0700, Jon Kohler wrote:
> Reinstate Kconfig setup for CONFIG_VFIO_MDEV to help support out of
> tree drivers that use VFIO_MDEV library (e.g. Nvidia GPU drivers).

NAK.  This is an internal symbol and the kernel could not care less
about out of tree driver.  Get the drivers upstream if you care
aboyut them.