From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.136]:56625 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753436AbcD2ORy (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:17:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:17:50 -0500 From: Bjorn Helgaas To: "Yong, Jonathan" Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, bhelgaas@google.com Subject: Re: [RFC v4] PCI: PTM Driver Message-ID: <20160429141750.GB949@localhost> References: <1461047358-4736-1-git-send-email-jonathan.yong@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1461047358-4736-1-git-send-email-jonathan.yong@intel.com> Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 06:29:17AM +0000, Yong, Jonathan wrote: > Hello LKML, > > This is a preliminary implementation of the PTM[1] support driver. This driver > has only been tested against a virtual PCI bus since there are no known > endpoints utilizing it yet. What sort of testing is this, exactly? Is this using a software model of devices that support PTM? When will hardware that supports PTM be available to you for testing? When will it be available on the market? I'm trying to figure out whether there's any benefit to merging something before it is useful to anybody. Bjorn