Re: [PATCH 0/5] add bus driver for Unisys s-Par paravirtualized devices to arch/x86

[Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>]

Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 07:49:53PM -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> > Ok, but still no need to put it under arch/ anything, it should go in
>> > drivers/ like all other drivers and busses are, no matter what the arch
>> > it happens to run on is.
>> 
>> I don't think thats obvious. arch/x86/kvm is an example of this, Sparc
>> and PPC also have their stuff under arch/.
>
> For some things, yes, but let's not make the same mistakes as others :)
>
> Look at drivers/hv/ for an example of a very x86-only bus and driver
> subsystem living in drivers/  Please don't burry driver stuff in arch/
> the ARM developers are trying to fix their mistakes of the past and move
> all of their cruft out of arch/ for that reason.

Works for me.

So should they put it in drivers/visorbus or drivers/bus/visorbus?  What
about drivers/virt? Would you suggest hv and xen gets moved in there?

Cheers,
Jes