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X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Mon, Aug 31, 2026, Steffen Eiden wrote: > Allow KVM implementations to choose alternative device names. This is > especially useful for architectures providing multiple KVM > implementations simultaneously. Architectures providing multiple KVM > implementations must compile the KVM common code once per > implementation and mange symbols. What about tracepoints? Or do those show up as "kvm" and "kvm-arm64"?