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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] net/netvsc: add hyper-v netvsc network
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 14:19:03 -0700
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On Thu, 05 Apr 2018 23:07:45 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:

> 05/04/2018 22:59, Stephen Hemminger:
> > On Thu, 05 Apr 2018 22:52:31 +0200
> > Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> >   
> > > Hi Stephen,
> > > 
> > > Good to see there is a good progress.
> > > 
> > > This patch should add an entry in the release notes.
> > > But I guess it is not ready for 18.05?  
> 
> [...]
> > > > +The following prerequisites apply:
> > > > +
> > > > +*   Linux kernel uio_hv_generic driver that supports subchannels. This should be present in 4.17 or later.    
> > > 
> > > The DPDK policy is to wait for prerequisite be available for merging.  
> > 
> > Does linux-next count?  
> 
> I would say no, but I could be convinced of the contrary.
> Can we have ABI breakage from linux-next to mainline?
> What is the benefit of pushing the PMD early?

There are already people using earlier versions and sending feeback.