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
| ||
|
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:21:17 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> To: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Rusty away 18th September -- 11th October On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:58:03AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> writes: > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:26:52AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Probably won't read mail. Linus, I'll have pull requests early > >> next week; if there's anything needed I'm sure Michael Tsirkin can > >> handle it. > > > > Sure. > > Rusty, there's a small chance virtio 1.0 bits will be ready in time. > > I started working on them based on your virtio-pci-new-layout branch. > > > > If ready before the merge window, are you ok with me merging this > > support (without you having the opportunity to review first)? > > Sorry, absolutely not. I *really* want to review this in depth; if we > make a mistake, it's going to hurt us significantly. Right but it's only a merge window - we can fix bugs and even disable the new driver afterwards, can't we? > And until we have the qemu bits ready, it's really hard to tell if we've > got this right. Sure, I meant if qemu bits are ready too, and if things work together. It wouldn't do to merge a driver that isn't ready. > So I'd rather delay and make sure we're solid. > > Thanks, > Rusty. Something else we can do, is refactoring that splits driver out to common and legacy bits, and changes APIs. No? -- MSt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Powered by blists - more mailing lists