Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Balbir Singh
* Hank Janssen [2009-07-21 18:00:10]: > > > >What is the long term strategy to keep the sources in sync? Is there > >one? Do you expect to get updates for these sources? > > > >Balbir > > > Balbir, > > I think you are asking me if we plan to continue contributing? > > It is my plan

RE: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Hank Janssen
>What is the long term strategy to keep the sources in sync? Is there >one? Do you expect to get updates for these sources? > >Balbir Balbir, I think you are asking me if we plan to continue contributing? It is my plan to use the kernel as my primary development area, and I will Conti

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Belisko Marek
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 20 July 2009, Greg KH wrote: >> Anyway, I agree, for a "proper" review, I will show the final, cleaned >> up version, like normal.  But we aren't there just yet, that is why this >> code is going to live in the staging tree for a whi

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Monday 2009-07-20 18:00, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > >I'm happy to announce, that after many months of discussions, Microsoft >has released their Hyper-V Linux drivers under the GPLv2. Following >this message, will be the patches that add the drivers to the >drivers/staging/ tree, and a whole

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Dave Jones
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:03:45AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > The code still needs lots of cleanup, and review, as is evident by the > TODO file. It looks like the patches did get sent to the driver-devel > and virtualization lists, so you can see them there if you want to. > > But if you want,

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Dave Jones
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 07:09:11PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, > > Dave Jones: > > Given the numerous cleanup patches that already exist, is there any reason > > to not just post the cleaned up drivers ? It would certainly be more > > reviewable than the current pile. > > > Feel

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Dave Jones: > Given the numerous cleanup patches that already exist, is there any reason > to not just post the cleaned up drivers ? It would certainly be more > reviewable than the current pile. > Feel free to apply / combinediff these patches before reviewing. :-P Personally, I don't want

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Dave Jones
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 09:28:10AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 09:00:25AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm happy to announce, that after many months of discussions, Microsoft > > has released their Hyper-V Linux drivers under the GPLv2. Follo

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 04:36:07PM +0530, Balbir Singh wrote: > * Greg Kroah-Hartman [2009-07-20 09:00:25]: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm happy to announce, that after many months of discussions, Microsoft > > has released their Hyper-V Linux drivers under the GPLv2. Following > > this message

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 02:07:40PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 20 July 2009, Greg KH wrote: > > Anyway, I agree, for a "proper" review, I will show the final, cleaned > > up version, like normal. But we aren't there just yet, that is why this > > code is going to live in the staging tr

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Monday 20 July 2009, Greg KH wrote: > Anyway, I agree, for a "proper" review, I will show the final, cleaned > up version, like normal. But we aren't there just yet, that is why this > code is going to live in the staging tree for a while. Give us some > time to get it fixed up. I would find

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-21 Thread Balbir Singh
* Greg Kroah-Hartman [2009-07-20 09:00:25]: > > Hi all, > > I'm happy to announce, that after many months of discussions, Microsoft > has released their Hyper-V Linux drivers under the GPLv2. Following > this message, will be the patches that add the drivers to the > drivers/staging/ tree, and

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-20 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:24:24PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Monday 2009-07-20 18:00, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > >I'm happy to announce, that after many months of discussions, Microsoft > >has released their Hyper-V Linux drivers under the GPLv2. Following > >this message, will be

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-20 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 09:37:12PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > Greg KH writes: > > > > It's the "normal" way of cleaning up code. Start with a known-working > > piece of stuff, and incrementally clean it up. > > I have to agree with David. This is essentially unreviewable > in the original state

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-20 Thread Andi Kleen
Greg KH writes: > > It's the "normal" way of cleaning up code. Start with a known-working > piece of stuff, and incrementally clean it up. I have to agree with David. This is essentially unreviewable in the original state. It would be good if you could do all the obvious cleanups first and then

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-20 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:15:23PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 07:09:11PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Dave Jones: > > > Given the numerous cleanup patches that already exist, is there any > reason > > > to not just post the cleaned up drivers ? It w

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-20 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:59:41PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 09:28:10AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 09:00:25AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm happy to announce, that after many months of discussions, Microso

Re: [patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-20 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 09:00:25AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm happy to announce, that after many months of discussions, Microsoft > has released their Hyper-V Linux drivers under the GPLv2. Following > this message, will be the patches that add the drivers to the > driv

[patch 00/54] [Announce] Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux

2009-07-20 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
Hi all, I'm happy to announce, that after many months of discussions, Microsoft has released their Hyper-V Linux drivers under the GPLv2. Following this message, will be the patches that add the drivers to the drivers/staging/ tree, and a whole bunch of cleanups. It's taken a long road to get h