On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 01:23:46AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <m...@redhat.com> writes: > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:58:03AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > >> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <m...@redhat.com> writes: > >> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:26:52AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > >> >> Hi all, > >> >> > >> >> Probably won't read mail. Linus, I'll have pull requests early > >> >> next week; if there's anything needed I'm sure Michael Tsirkin can > >> >> handle it. > >> > > >> > Sure. > >> > Rusty, there's a small chance virtio 1.0 bits will be ready in time. > >> > I started working on them based on your virtio-pci-new-layout branch. > >> > > >> > If ready before the merge window, are you ok with me merging this > >> > support (without you having the opportunity to review first)? > >> > >> Sorry, absolutely not. I *really* want to review this in depth; if we > >> make a mistake, it's going to hurt us significantly. > > > > Right but it's only a merge window - we can fix bugs and even disable > > the new driver afterwards, can't we? > > Yes, but if we get something wrong we have to live with it. We made > that mistake with virtio-pci the first time around... > > It isn't enough that the code 'works', it has to match the spec. And > that requires careful thought and review. > > >> And until we have the qemu bits ready, it's really hard to tell if we've > >> got this right. > > > > Sure, I meant if qemu bits are ready too, and if things work together. > > It wouldn't do to merge a driver that isn't ready. > > > > > >> So I'd rather delay and make sure we're solid. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Rusty. > > > > Something else we can do, is refactoring that splits driver > > out to common and legacy bits, and changes APIs. > > No? > > Yes, for sure. But there's no hurry to get those into the merge window. > > Cheers, > Rusty.
Well my point was if we do put them into the merge window, just adding a new driver will be easy and is often allowed pretty late in the cycle. -- MST -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
