Hi Sudeep, > Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/4] misc: vop: do not allocate and reassign the used > ring > > On Wed, 2020-10-28 at 01:47 +0000, Sherry Sun wrote: > > Hi Vincent, > > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/4] misc: vop: do not allocate and reassign > > > the used ring > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 08:05:43AM +0100, Sherry Sun wrote: > > > > Can you help test the patch about removing the codes of reassign > > > > used ring, and comment on the impact for Intel MIC platform? > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > > > I don't have access to MIC hardware myself, either. > > > > > > But this patch is quite certainly going to break it since guests > > > using a kernel without the patch will not work with hosts with a > > > kernel with the patch. > > > > Thanks for your reply. > > This patch can be used by both guests and hosts. > > I have tested it on imx8qm platform(both guest and host are ARM64 > > architecture), and it works well. > > So I guess Intel MIC won't meet big problems when both guest and > > Hi Greg/Sherry, > > Both Ashutosh and I have moved on to other projects. The MIC devices have > been discontinued. I have just sent across a patch to remove the MIC drivers > from the kernel tree. > > We are very glad to see that Sherry is able to reuse some of the VOP logic > and it is working well. It is best if the MIC drivers are removed so Sherry > can > add the specific VOP logic required for imx8qm subsequently without having > to worry about other driver dependencies. > Hoping this results in a cleaner imx8qm driver moving forward.
I'm ok with your patch. Since you have deprecated the MIC related code, may I ask do you have a better solution instead of vop/scif? Best regards Sherry > > Thanks, > Sudeep Dutt