From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" Subject: [PATCH 00/49] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:49:00 -0700 Message-ID: <1307400540-13193-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: devel-bounces@linuxdriverproject.org Errors-To: devel-bounces@linuxdriverproject.org To: gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org, virtualization@lists.osdl.org List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org Further cleanup of the hv drivers: 1) Continue to cleanup our drivers to conform to the Linux Driver Model. 2) Fix some long standing bugs with regards to unloading and reloading the drivers - block, net and stor. 3) VMBUS is an ACPI enumerated device; make VMBUS an ACPI bus driver. 4) Get rid of channel polling code; instead the channel receive paths will be purely interrupt drive. 5) Cleanup error return values in the vmbus driver and general cleanup. 6) Fix memory barrier calls in the ring buffer code. 7) Increase the timeout values for some critical guest to host calls. Regads, K. Y From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758170Ab1FFWeS (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2011 18:34:18 -0400 Received: from p3plsmtps2ded03.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([208.109.80.60]:57439 "HELO p3plsmtps2ded03-02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751921Ab1FFWeR (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2011 18:34:17 -0400 From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" To: gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org, virtualization@lists.osdl.org Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" Subject: [PATCH 00/49] Staging: hv: Driver cleanup Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:49:00 -0700 Message-Id: <1307400540-13193-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Further cleanup of the hv drivers: 1) Continue to cleanup our drivers to conform to the Linux Driver Model. 2) Fix some long standing bugs with regards to unloading and reloading the drivers - block, net and stor. 3) VMBUS is an ACPI enumerated device; make VMBUS an ACPI bus driver. 4) Get rid of channel polling code; instead the channel receive paths will be purely interrupt drive. 5) Cleanup error return values in the vmbus driver and general cleanup. 6) Fix memory barrier calls in the ring buffer code. 7) Increase the timeout values for some critical guest to host calls. Regads, K. Y