Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] simplified UML/NOMMU approach

["Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 02:22:50PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Thu, 2026-07-23 at 12:50 +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 11:35:41AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > > Prior RFC/v1 was here:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-um/20260720185103.530603-11-johannes@sipsolutions.net/
> >
> > Thanks for this! I really really want a nommu UML mode for testing purposes so
> > I'm very happy you're doing this :)
>
> :)
>
> > One mildly annoying note though - it'd be good for the cover letter to summarise
> > what the series is about, what it achieves, how it compares for instance to
> > Hajime's original approach ([0]).
> >
> > I guess how cover letters are used varies by subsystem somewhat but I find it
> > really actively useful to see a summary in the cover letter.
> >
> > Anyway reading thorugh the RFC which already covers this seems that this
> > achieves nommu UML with less changes needed which sounds really interesting!
>
> Right, sorry, I got lazy and didn't copy/paste the RFC cover letter but
> only put the link to it instead. Is there something beyond what I wrote
> there that you were looking for?

No, I think the previous version covered it off well, just a nag (hence being
self aware about the mildly annoying nature of it :P)

UML isn't really my area so can't give in-depth review but I really want
this to be a thing so happy to be cc'd on this!

>
>
> > I may pull this series locally and have a play... :)
>
> If you do, let us know how it goes :)

Will do! :)

>
> johannes

Cheers, Lorenzo