On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 09:17:27AM -0700, Easwar Hariharan wrote: > On 8/19/2025 12:29 AM, Nuno Das Neves wrote: > > Detect booting as an "L1VH" partition. This is a new scenario very > > similar to root partition where the mshv_root driver can be used to > > create and manage guest partitions. > > > > It mostly works the same as root partition, but there are some > > differences in how various features are handled. hv_l1vh_partition() > > is introduced to handle these cases. Add hv_parent_partition() > > which returns true for either case, replacing some hv_root_partition() > > checks. > > > > Signed-off-by: Nuno Das Neves <nunodasne...@linux.microsoft.com> > > Seems the plurality of subject prefixes for drivers/hv files has been > "Drivers: hv" > so far, including the 2 commits for drivers/hv/mshv*. Are you planning to > change > the standard for mshv driver going forward?
IMO it is okay to have a different prefix to call out the commits that are relevant to the mshv driver. This eases the burden for anyone porting the changes to a different kernel tree. We may also touch many different parts of the codebase (though not in this particular patch). Wei
