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From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
To: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>,
	Linux on Hyper-V List <linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org>,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Michael Kelley <mikelley@microsoft.com>,
	Vineeth Pillai <viremana@linux.microsoft.com>,
	Sunil Muthuswamy <sunilmut@microsoft.com>,
	Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com>,
	sameo@linux.intel.com, robert.bradford@intel.com,
	sebastien.boeuf@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/17] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 23:22:34 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201202232234.5buzu5wysiaro3hc@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <227127cf-bfea-4a06-fcbc-f6c46102e9e6@metux.net>

On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 08:51:38PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> On 24.11.20 18:07, Wei Liu wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > There will be a subsequent patch series to provide a
> > device node (/dev/mshv) such that userspace programs can create and run virtual
> > machines. 
> 
> Any chance of using the already existing /dev/kvm interface ?
> 

I don't follow. Do you mean reusing /dev/kvm but with a different set of
APIs underneath? I don't think that will work.

In any case, the first version of /dev/mshv was posted a few days ago
[0].  While we've chosen to follow closely KVM's model, Microsoft
Hypervisor has its own APIs.

Wei.

0: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hyperv/1605918637-12192-1-git-send-email-nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com/

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-02 23:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-24 17:07 [PATCH v3 00/17] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 01/17] asm-generic/hyperv: change HV_CPU_POWER_MANAGEMENT to HV_CPU_MANAGEMENT Wei Liu
2021-01-06 15:45   ` Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 02/17] x86/hyperv: detect if Linux is the root partition Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 03/17] Drivers: hv: vmbus: skip VMBus initialization if Linux is root Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 04/17] iommu/hyperv: don't setup IRQ remapping when running as root Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 05/17] clocksource/hyperv: use MSR-based access if " Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 06/17] x86/hyperv: allocate output arg pages if required Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 07/17] x86/hyperv: extract partition ID from Microsoft Hypervisor if necessary Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 08/17] x86/hyperv: handling hypercall page setup for root Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 09/17] x86/hyperv: provide a bunch of helper functions Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 10/17] x86/hyperv: implement and use hv_smp_prepare_cpus Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 11/17] asm-generic/hyperv: update hv_msi_entry Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 12/17] asm-generic/hyperv: update hv_interrupt_entry Wei Liu
2020-11-24 18:05   ` David Woodhouse
2020-12-02 13:39     ` Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 13/17] asm-generic/hyperv: introduce hv_device_id and auxiliary structures Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 14/17] asm-generic/hyperv: import data structures for mapping device interrupts Wei Liu
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 15/17] x86/hyperv: implement an MSI domain for root partition Wei Liu
2020-11-24 20:10   ` kernel test robot
2020-11-25  4:01   ` kernel test robot
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 16/17] x86/ioapic: export a few functions and data structures via io_apic.h Wei Liu
2020-11-25 10:26   ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-12-02 14:11     ` Wei Liu
2020-12-02 15:18       ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-11-24 17:07 ` [PATCH v3 17/17] x86/hyperv: handle IO-APIC when running as root Wei Liu
2020-11-25  5:16   ` kernel test robot
2020-12-02 19:51 ` [PATCH v3 00/17] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2020-12-02 23:22   ` Wei Liu [this message]
2020-12-15 15:25     ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2020-12-15 16:42       ` Wei Liu
2021-02-02 10:40         ` David Woodhouse
2021-02-02 12:16           ` Wei Liu

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