Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] drivers/virt: vmgenid: add vm generation id driver

2022-02-23 Thread Jason A. Donenfeld
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 11:17 PM Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > Well I cleaned up this v7 and refactored it into something along the > lines of what I'm thinking. I don't yet know enough about this general > problem space to propose the patch and I haven't tested it either A little further along,

Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] drivers/virt: vmgenid: add vm generation id driver

2022-02-22 Thread Jason A. Donenfeld
Hey again, On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 10:24 PM Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > This thread seems to be long dead, but I couldn't figure out what > happened to the ideas in it. I'm specifically interested in this part: > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 9:48 AM Adrian Catangiu wrote: > > +static void

Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] drivers/virt: vmgenid: add vm generation id driver

2022-02-22 Thread Jason A. Donenfeld
Hi Adrian, This thread seems to be long dead, but I couldn't figure out what happened to the ideas in it. I'm specifically interested in this part: On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 9:48 AM Adrian Catangiu wrote: > +static void vmgenid_acpi_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event) > +{ > +

[PATCH v7 2/2] drivers/virt: vmgenid: add vm generation id driver

2021-02-24 Thread Adrian Catangiu
The VM Generation ID is a feature defined by Microsoft (paper: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=260709) and supported by multiple hypervisor vendors. The feature can be used to drive the `sysgenid` mechanism required in virtualized environments by software that works with local copies and