From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/20] dma_ops for i386 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:01:29 +0200 Message-ID: <47EA1EF9.9080602@qumranet.com> References: <1206480999-21767-1-git-send-email-gcosta@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org To: Glauber Costa Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1206480999-21767-1-git-send-email-gcosta@redhat.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Glauber Costa wrote: > Hello, > > Here there is a series of 20 patches that lays the foundations for > using dma_ops in i386 in the very same way x86_64, as well as many other > architectures already do. > > The functions themselves for i386 are placed in a pci-base_32.c, but just > a few among them are actually implemented. Most were no-ops anyway. > > I see the headers are unified, but the .c files are duplicated. I presume unifying the implementation is deferred to later patches? > The motivation for that is the ongoing work for pci-passthrough in KVM. > So ingo, avi, what do you think it's the best way to handle these patches through? > x86.git. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace