linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] Add new headers for Hyper-V Dom0

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Message-ID: <ZwQL0v-VE4q3iXAt@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 16:26:58 +0000
From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To: Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@...ux.microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Add new headers for Hyper-V Dom0

On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 12:50:59PM -0700, Nuno Das Neves wrote:
> To support Hyper-V Dom0 (aka Linux as root partition), many new
> definitions are required.
> 
> The plan going forward is to directly import headers from
> Hyper-V. This is a more maintainable way to import definitions
> rather than via the TLFS doc. This patch series introduces
> new headers (hvhdk.h, hvgdk.h, etc, see patch #3) directly
> derived from Hyper-V code.
> 
> This patch series replaces hyperv-tlfs.h with hvhdk.h, but only
> in Microsoft-maintained Hyper-V code where they are needed. This
> leaves the existing hyperv-tlfs.h in use elsewhere - notably for
> Hyper-V enlightenments on KVM guests.

It goes without saying that we need to make sure KVM still builds
correctly after this series. Please make sure to test that. Thanks.

Wei.