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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] hyperv: own protocol header instead of kern
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Roman Kagan |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] hyperv: own protocol header instead of kernel's |
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Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:37:28 +0300 |
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On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:15:20PM +0300, Roman Kagan wrote:
> Supersede kernel's header for Hyper-V protocol definitions with our own.
> The reason is that, since this is a third-party protocol and not a
> kernel API, the kernel folks are not happy exposing it in the kernel
> uapi.
>
> The patchset is done to allow gradual transition from the kernel's
> hyperv.h to the new one: the first patch introduces the new header that
> doesn't conflict with the old one, and the second makes sure the old one
> isn't imported from the kernel any longer, so that the maintainers can
> do the next round of kernel header import at their leisure and things
> will keep working.
>
> Once (if) this lands in QEMU I'll post patches to KVM to move its
> hyperv.h out of uapi.
>
> This is the first part split out of my former biggish "hyperv fixes and
> enhancements" series. The only change is the underscore replaced with a
> dash in the header file name.
>
> Roman Kagan (2):
> hyperv: add header with protocol definitions
> update-linux-headers: prepare for hyperv.h removal
>
> target/i386/cpu.h | 10 +-
> target/i386/hyperv-proto.h | 257
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> target/i386/cpu.c | 4 +-
> target/i386/hyperv.c | 6 +-
> target/i386/kvm.c | 57 +++++----
> target/i386/machine.c | 15 +--
> scripts/update-linux-headers.sh | 4 +-
> 7 files changed, 304 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 target/i386/hyperv-proto.h
>
> --
> 2.13.0
>
>
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