* Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Paul Mackerras as maintainer for KVM/powerpc
@ 2017-10-09 14:43 ` Alexander Graf
0 siblings, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Graf @ 2017-10-09 14:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paolo Bonzini, Thomas Huth, kvm-ppc, Paul Mackerras,
Alexander Graf
Cc: linux-kernel, kvm, Radim Krčmář
On 09.10.17 16:42, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 09/10/2017 16:34, Thomas Huth wrote:
>> Paul is handling almost all of the powerpc related KVM patches nowadays,
>> so he should be mentioned in the MAINTAINERS file accordingly.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index 2d3d750..177ffde 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -7571,6 +7571,7 @@ F: arch/mips/include/asm/kvm*
>> F: arch/mips/kvm/
>>
>> KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR POWERPC (KVM/powerpc)
>> +M: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
>> M: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.com>
>> L: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
>> W: http://www.linux-kvm.org/
>>
>
> Queued, replacing Alex too. What's the state of BookE?
Orphaned? :)
It's a dead architecture anyways, I don't expect too much to flow in
there. I'm sure Paul handles the occasional patch that affects the code
just fine.
Alex
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* Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Paul Mackerras as maintainer for KVM/powerpc
2017-10-09 14:43 ` Alexander Graf
@ 2017-10-09 14:52 ` Paolo Bonzini
-1 siblings, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread
From: Paolo Bonzini @ 2017-10-09 14:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Graf, Thomas Huth, kvm-ppc, Paul Mackerras,
Alexander Graf
Cc: linux-kernel, kvm, Radim Krčmář
On 09/10/2017 16:43, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>> KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR POWERPC (KVM/powerpc)
>>> +M: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
>>> M: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.com>
>>> L: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
>>> W: http://www.linux-kvm.org/
>>>
>> Queued, replacing Alex too. What's the state of BookE?
>
> Orphaned? :) It's a dead architecture anyways,
Yeah, that was my understanding but I wasn't 100% sure.
Paolo
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* Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Paul Mackerras as maintainer for KVM/powerpc
@ 2017-10-09 14:52 ` Paolo Bonzini
0 siblings, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread
From: Paolo Bonzini @ 2017-10-09 14:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Graf, Thomas Huth, kvm-ppc, Paul Mackerras,
Alexander Graf
Cc: linux-kernel, kvm, Radim Krčmář
On 09/10/2017 16:43, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>> KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR POWERPC (KVM/powerpc)
>>> +M: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
>>> M: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.com>
>>> L: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
>>> W: http://www.linux-kvm.org/
>>>
>> Queued, replacing Alex too. What's the state of BookE?
>
> Orphaned? :) It's a dead architecture anyways,
Yeah, that was my understanding but I wasn't 100% sure.
Paolo
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* Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Paul Mackerras as maintainer for KVM/powerpc
2017-10-09 14:43 ` Alexander Graf
@ 2017-10-09 14:56 ` Thomas Huth
-1 siblings, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Huth @ 2017-10-09 14:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Graf, Paolo Bonzini, kvm-ppc, Paul Mackerras,
Alexander Graf
Cc: linux-kernel, kvm, Radim Krčmář, Scott Wood,
Mihai Caraman, Bharat Bhushan
On 09.10.2017 16:43, Alexander Graf wrote:
>
>
> On 09.10.17 16:42, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 09/10/2017 16:34, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>> Paul is handling almost all of the powerpc related KVM patches nowadays,
>>> so he should be mentioned in the MAINTAINERS file accordingly.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> index 2d3d750..177ffde 100644
>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>> @@ -7571,6 +7571,7 @@ F: arch/mips/include/asm/kvm*
>>> F: arch/mips/kvm/
>>>
>>> KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR POWERPC (KVM/powerpc)
>>> +M: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
>>> M: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.com>
>>> L: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
>>> W: http://www.linux-kvm.org/
>>>
>>
>> Queued, replacing Alex too. What's the state of BookE?
>
> Orphaned? :)
>
> It's a dead architecture anyways
Do you know whether anybody is still using it? ... if not, maybe it's
time to remove the code from the kernel?
Thomas
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* Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Paul Mackerras as maintainer for KVM/powerpc
@ 2017-10-09 14:56 ` Thomas Huth
0 siblings, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Huth @ 2017-10-09 14:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Graf, Paolo Bonzini, kvm-ppc, Paul Mackerras,
Alexander Graf
Cc: linux-kernel, kvm, Radim Krčmář, Scott Wood,
Mihai Caraman, Bharat Bhushan
On 09.10.2017 16:43, Alexander Graf wrote:
>
>
> On 09.10.17 16:42, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 09/10/2017 16:34, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>> Paul is handling almost all of the powerpc related KVM patches nowadays,
>>> so he should be mentioned in the MAINTAINERS file accordingly.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> index 2d3d750..177ffde 100644
>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>> @@ -7571,6 +7571,7 @@ F: arch/mips/include/asm/kvm*
>>> F: arch/mips/kvm/
>>>
>>> KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR POWERPC (KVM/powerpc)
>>> +M: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
>>> M: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.com>
>>> L: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
>>> W: http://www.linux-kvm.org/
>>>
>>
>> Queued, replacing Alex too. What's the state of BookE?
>
> Orphaned? :)
>
> It's a dead architecture anyways
Do you know whether anybody is still using it? ... if not, maybe it's
time to remove the code from the kernel?
Thomas
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* Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Paul Mackerras as maintainer for KVM/powerpc
2017-10-09 14:56 ` Thomas Huth
@ 2017-10-09 15:01 ` Alexander Graf
-1 siblings, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Graf @ 2017-10-09 15:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Huth, Paolo Bonzini, kvm-ppc, Paul Mackerras,
Alexander Graf
Cc: linux-kernel, kvm, Radim Krčmář, Scott Wood,
Mihai Caraman, Bharat Bhushan
On 09.10.17 16:56, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 09.10.2017 16:43, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 09.10.17 16:42, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>> On 09/10/2017 16:34, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>>> Paul is handling almost all of the powerpc related KVM patches nowadays,
>>>> so he should be mentioned in the MAINTAINERS file accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> index 2d3d750..177ffde 100644
>>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> @@ -7571,6 +7571,7 @@ F: arch/mips/include/asm/kvm*
>>>> F: arch/mips/kvm/
>>>>
>>>> KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR POWERPC (KVM/powerpc)
>>>> +M: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
>>>> M: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.com>
>>>> L: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
>>>> W: http://www.linux-kvm.org/
>>>>
>>>
>>> Queued, replacing Alex too. What's the state of BookE?
>>
>> Orphaned? :)
>>
>> It's a dead architecture anyways
> Do you know whether anybody is still using it? ... if not, maybe it's
> time to remove the code from the kernel?
The systems are still actively sold, so it's way too early to remove it.
Alex
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* Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Paul Mackerras as maintainer for KVM/powerpc
@ 2017-10-09 15:01 ` Alexander Graf
0 siblings, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Graf @ 2017-10-09 15:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Huth, Paolo Bonzini, kvm-ppc, Paul Mackerras,
Alexander Graf
Cc: linux-kernel, kvm, Radim Krčmář, Scott Wood,
Mihai Caraman, Bharat Bhushan
On 09.10.17 16:56, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 09.10.2017 16:43, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 09.10.17 16:42, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>> On 09/10/2017 16:34, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>>> Paul is handling almost all of the powerpc related KVM patches nowadays,
>>>> so he should be mentioned in the MAINTAINERS file accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> index 2d3d750..177ffde 100644
>>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> @@ -7571,6 +7571,7 @@ F: arch/mips/include/asm/kvm*
>>>> F: arch/mips/kvm/
>>>>
>>>> KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR POWERPC (KVM/powerpc)
>>>> +M: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
>>>> M: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.com>
>>>> L: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
>>>> W: http://www.linux-kvm.org/
>>>>
>>>
>>> Queued, replacing Alex too. What's the state of BookE?
>>
>> Orphaned? :)
>>
>> It's a dead architecture anyways
> Do you know whether anybody is still using it? ... if not, maybe it's
> time to remove the code from the kernel?
The systems are still actively sold, so it's way too early to remove it.
Alex
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