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charset="us-ascii" On Mon, Nov 02, 2026, Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez wrote: > > I probably would not have selected this, it is why I suggested > > virtio-msi or something that could be optional and seperate from the > > core KVM guest ABI. > > > > But maybe there is interest in doing it this way? > > Since there was no feedback from KVM maintainers, NAK to adding any KVM-handled hypercall, and probably NAK to any approach that requires KVM changes. With regard to timing, please show a little patience and awareness. It's Monday. You posted a fairly large series on a Thursday, during a merge window. If you change direction after ~2 days for a series of this natures (touchs multiple subsystems and introduces guest/host ABI), you're likely going to end up with severe whiplash.