Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm/arm64: Allow to use KVM without in-kernel irqchip

2015-07-17 Thread Marc Zyngier
On 14/07/15 13:06, Pavel Fedin wrote: > This patch set brings back functionality which was broken in v4.1. The > overall goal is to eventually enable using virtual timer too, but for now > changes affect only a possibility to run KVM itself. The guest currently > has to use another timer because th

RE: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm/arm64: Allow to use KVM without in-kernel irqchip

2015-07-19 Thread Pavel Fedin
Hello! > Believe it or not, we're not only patch reviewing machines, and if you > count the number of pending patches, you'll quickly notice that yours > are basically noise in the grand scheme of things. > > So please cut us some slack. What do you mean exactly? Stop discussions and just do e

Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm/arm64: Allow to use KVM without in-kernel irqchip

2015-07-20 Thread Marc Zyngier
On 19/07/15 15:05, Pavel Fedin wrote: > Hello! > >> Believe it or not, we're not only patch reviewing machines, and if you >> count the number of pending patches, you'll quickly notice that yours >> are basically noise in the grand scheme of things. >> >> So please cut us some slack. > > What do

RE: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm/arm64: Allow to use KVM without in-kernel irqchip

2015-07-22 Thread Pavel Fedin
Hello! > It means that a pause in the discussion for a week (or even more) is not > uncommon at all. It just means that the other party is busy with things > of higher priority. In all cases, a gentle "ping" will be better > received than this "you've stopped replying so I'm going to repost until

Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm/arm64: Allow to use KVM without in-kernel irqchip

2015-07-23 Thread Marc Zyngier
On 22/07/15 08:19, Pavel Fedin wrote: >> I don't care much for such an API, mostly because it will obviously >> bitrot very quickly (your "broken VGIC" platform is hopefully a one off >> that won't be repeated again, and the RPi is out of scope anyway). >> >> It would have to be extremely non-intr

RE: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm/arm64: Allow to use KVM without in-kernel irqchip

2015-07-24 Thread Pavel Fedin
> > Ok, let's leave this API alone then for now... > > Will then be a concensus if i tweak the thing a little bit and we just > > enable KVM without both vGIC > > and vTimer ? It will be an emulator's problem how to handle them then. > > Well, let's see the patches first, and how invasive they

Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm/arm64: Allow to use KVM without in-kernel irqchip

2015-07-24 Thread Marc Zyngier
On 24/07/15 16:27, Pavel Fedin wrote: >>> Ok, let's leave this API alone then for now... >>> Will then be a concensus if i tweak the thing a little bit and we just >>> enable KVM without both > vGIC >>> and vTimer ? It will be an emulator's problem how to handle them then. >> >> Well, let's see

RE: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm/arm64: Allow to use KVM without in-kernel irqchip

2015-07-26 Thread Pavel Fedin
Hello! > As I said before, not having a VGIC pretty much puts you in an uncharted > territory, and the amount of hacks you have to introduce are not really > worth the effort in mainline. And i agreed. So, i repeat the question. Will it be OK if we just enable KVM without both vGIC and vTimer,

Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm/arm64: Allow to use KVM without in-kernel irqchip

2015-07-27 Thread Marc Zyngier
On 26/07/15 13:50, Pavel Fedin wrote: > Hello! > >> As I said before, not having a VGIC pretty much puts you in an uncharted >> territory, and the amount of hacks you have to introduce are not really >> worth the effort in mainline. > > And i agreed. So, i repeat the question. Will it be OK if w

RE: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm/arm64: Allow to use KVM without in-kernel irqchip

2015-07-27 Thread Pavel Fedin
Hello! > > And i agreed. So, i repeat the question. Will it be OK if we just > > enable KVM without both vGIC and vTimer, and that's all we do? It > > will be userland's problem how to handle them. I need to tweak my > > first patchset a very small bit in order to do this. > > I I'll repeat what

Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: arm/arm64: Allow to use KVM without in-kernel irqchip

2015-07-27 Thread Marc Zyngier
On 27/07/15 09:36, Pavel Fedin wrote: > Hello! > >>> And i agreed. So, i repeat the question. Will it be OK if we just >>> enable KVM without both vGIC and vTimer, and that's all we do? It >>> will be userland's problem how to handle them. I need to tweak my >>> first patchset a very small bit in