Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 11/02/2011 12:56 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: >> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 03:24:28PM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote: >>> >>> What does it get us, applying it before freeze? >>> It's an api change without new functionality. >>> Seems better on -next branch. >>> >> >> It gets us that downstreams can convert to the API for 1.0. It just >> feels a lot more right to change APIs for a 1.0 release than a 1.1 >> release. >> >> Also, it gives it more exposure and if anyone is inclined to have a >> small patch to add IOMMU support for a specific platform downstream, >> they can do so. >> >> Overall, I think it's a good idea to pull it in for 1.0. It certainly >> makes David's life easier :). Since we also have PCI support in -M >> pseries now we could even declare the non-usage of an IOMMU there as a >> bug and fix it for 1.0.1. > > I was in violent agreement up until this last sentence ;-)
Heh :). Well, I'm just saying that if the patch ends up being trivial and really really useful and necessary for users, we at least have the chance now. Alex
