From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-fw-4101.amazon.com ([72.21.198.25]:14009 "EHLO smtp-fw-4101.amazon.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2404577AbgJTJzU (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:55:20 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/virt: vmgenid: add vm generation id driver References: <788878CE-2578-4991-A5A6-669DCABAC2F2@amazon.com> <20201017033606.GA14014@1wt.eu> <6CC3DB03-27BA-4F5E-8ADA-BE605D83A85C@amazon.com> <20201017053712.GA14105@1wt.eu> <20201017064442.GA14117@1wt.eu> <2e505365-db4a-6054-8bc8-f9a81978c6d4@de.ibm.com> From: Alexander Graf Message-ID: Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:54:56 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2e505365-db4a-6054-8bc8-f9a81978c6d4@de.ibm.com> Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 List-ID: To: Christian Borntraeger , "Jason A. 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