From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
Linux Virtualization <virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
konrad.wilk@oracle.com, kumar.gala@freescale.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cmetcalf@tilera.com,
akpm@kernel.org, dsaxena@linaro.org,
linux-console@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] [v4] drivers/virt: introduce Freescale hypervisor management driver
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:48:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DF0F973.6050008@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DF0F7F5.5050107@oracle.com>
Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> > I'm okay with that idea, except there's a consensus that drivers should be in
>> > drivers/.
>> >
> Like sound/ ?
My understanding is that this is something that's considered broken and should
be fixed, but I don't know what the holdup is.
> but what makes it a "driver"?
That's a good point.
Ok, so maybe I don't have any really good answers here. :-)
--
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
konrad.wilk@oracle.com, greg@kroah.com, kumar.gala@freescale.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cmetcalf@tilera.com,
Linux Virtualization <virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
dsaxena@linaro.org, linux-console@vger.kernel.org,
akpm@kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] [v4] drivers/virt: introduce Freescale hypervisor management driver
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:48:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DF0F973.6050008@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DF0F7F5.5050107@oracle.com>
Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> > I'm okay with that idea, except there's a consensus that drivers should be in
>> > drivers/.
>> >
> Like sound/ ?
My understanding is that this is something that's considered broken and should
be fixed, but I don't know what the holdup is.
> but what makes it a "driver"?
That's a good point.
Ok, so maybe I don't have any really good answers here. :-)
--
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
Linux Virtualization <virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
<konrad.wilk@oracle.com>, <kumar.gala@freescale.com>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <cmetcalf@tilera.com>,
<akpm@kernel.org>, <dsaxena@linaro.org>,
<linux-console@vger.kernel.org>, <greg@kroah.com>,
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] [v4] drivers/virt: introduce Freescale hypervisor management driver
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:48:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DF0F973.6050008@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DF0F7F5.5050107@oracle.com>
Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> > I'm okay with that idea, except there's a consensus that drivers should be in
>> > drivers/.
>> >
> Like sound/ ?
My understanding is that this is something that's considered broken and should
be fixed, but I don't know what the holdup is.
> but what makes it a "driver"?
That's a good point.
Ok, so maybe I don't have any really good answers here. :-)
--
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-09 16:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-08 22:45 [PATCH 7/7] [v4] drivers/virt: introduce Freescale hypervisor management driver Timur Tabi
2011-06-08 22:45 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-08 23:10 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-08 23:10 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-08 23:10 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-08 23:16 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-08 23:16 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-08 23:16 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 7:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-09 7:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-09 16:32 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-09 16:32 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-09 16:32 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-09 16:36 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 16:36 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 16:36 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 16:42 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-09 16:42 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-09 16:42 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-06-09 16:48 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 16:48 ` Timur Tabi [this message]
2011-06-09 16:48 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 16:48 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 16:36 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-10 14:17 ` Chris Metcalf
2011-06-10 14:17 ` Chris Metcalf
2011-06-10 14:17 ` Chris Metcalf
2011-06-10 14:17 ` Chris Metcalf
2011-06-10 15:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-10 15:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-10 15:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-09 7:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-09 7:29 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-09 7:29 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-09 18:55 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 18:55 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 18:55 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 20:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-09 20:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-09 20:24 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 20:24 ` Timur Tabi
2011-06-09 20:24 ` Timur Tabi
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