From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:58266 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966657AbcAZQqK (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:46:10 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:46:09 -0800 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Keith Busch , "Derrick, Jonathan" , LKML , "x86@kernel.org" , "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , Thomas Gleixner , Bjorn Helgaas , "Williams, Dan J" , "Veal, Bryan E" Subject: Re: [PATCHv8 0/5] Driver for new "VMD" device Message-ID: <20160126164609.GC15979@infradead.org> References: <1452629890-17542-1-git-send-email-keith.busch@intel.com> <20160115181938.GA5296@localhost> <8D943B239464E04C9184454D8B3F5CFF0ABF18EC@ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com> <20160115220631.GA14080@localhost> <20160119153822.GA3979@localhost.localdomain> <20160119160220.GA22059@infradead.org> <20160120204308.GD7973@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20160120204308.GD7973@localhost> Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 02:43:08PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > I saw responses from Keith and Bryan, and I hope they answer your > questions. As far as I can tell, the VMD driver is grossly similar to > other host bridge drivers we've already merged, and I don't think we > have public specs for all of them. > > Unless you have further concerns, I'm going to ask Linus to pull this > tomorrow, along with the rest of the PCI changes for v4.5. I still think it's a bad idea to merge something odd like this without a good explanation or showing what devices can actually sit under it. But you're the maintainer in the end..