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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	devel@linuxdriverproject.org, olaf@aepfle.de, apw@canonical.com,
	jasowang@redhat.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	JBeulich@suse.com, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com>,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 2/2] x86: Make Linux guest support optional
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:03:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130125190340.GC4973@pd.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130125184231.GB5563@core.coreip.homeip.net>

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:42:32AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> No, not really as EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() in no way implies that the code
> using it lives in the mainline.

I didn't say that - I said "any code (proprietary included) can link to
those symbols" meaning that I cannot possibly convert proprietary code
to which I don't have access to, vs GPL code which is out there.

> Also, EXPORT_SYMBOL() does not imply that it forms an ABI and can't be
> changed ever.

And yet, I don't want to be on the receiving end of the complaints when
those do change. But that's beside the point.

So I think we're on the same page: I'll make everything using x86_hyper*
depend on CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST and all are happy.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
--

  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-25 19:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-24  1:56 [PATCH RESEND 1/1] X86: Handle Hyper-V vmbus interrupts as special hypervisor interrupts K. Y. Srinivasan
2013-01-24  9:28 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-24 12:11   ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-24 17:35     ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-24 17:36       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-24 17:39       ` [PATCH 1/2] x86, Kconfig: Move PARAVIRT_DEBUG into the paravirt menu Borislav Petkov
2013-01-24 17:39         ` [PATCH 2/2] x86: Make Linux guest support optional Borislav Petkov
2013-01-25  8:21         ` [PATCH 1/2] x86, Kconfig: Move PARAVIRT_DEBUG into the paravirt menu Ingo Molnar
2013-01-25  8:51           ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-25  9:20             ` Ingo Molnar
2013-01-25  9:29               ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-25  9:32                 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-01-25 10:06                   ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-25 17:59                     ` [PATCH -v2 " Borislav Petkov
2013-01-25 17:59                     ` [PATCH -v2 2/2] x86: Make Linux guest support optional Borislav Petkov
2013-01-25 18:07                       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2013-01-25 18:23                         ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-25 18:29                           ` Dmitry Torokhov
2013-01-25 18:35                             ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-25 18:43                               ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-27  1:26                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-27 10:30                                   ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-25 18:12                       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2013-01-25 18:32                         ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-25 18:42                           ` Dmitry Torokhov
2013-01-25 19:03                             ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2013-01-26 23:10                               ` [PATCH -v3 1/2] x86, Kconfig: Move PARAVIRT_DEBUG into the paravirt menu Borislav Petkov
2013-01-26 23:10                               ` [PATCH -v3 2/2] x86: Make Linux guest support optional Borislav Petkov
2013-01-27 11:06                                 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-01-28 10:18                                   ` [PATCH -v3.1] " Borislav Petkov
2013-01-24 17:42   ` [PATCH RESEND 1/1] X86: Handle Hyper-V vmbus interrupts as special hypervisor interrupts KY Srinivasan

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