- To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [RFC-v2 0/4] tcm_vhost+cmwq fabric driver code for-3.6
- From: "Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:04:42 -0700
- Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, kvm-devel <kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@xxxxxxxxxx>, Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, target-devel <target-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-scsi <linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>, lf-virt <virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
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On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 00:58 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 02:17:22PM -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> > Wrt to staging, I'd like to avoid mucking with staging because:
> >
> > *) The code has been posted for review
> > *) The code has been converted to use the latest target-core primitives
> > *) The code does not require cleanups between staging -> merge
> > *) The code has been stable the last 7 days since RFC-v2 with heavy
>
> BTW I don't suggest putting code itself in staging. Just the config
> flag to enable it. Once we are more or less sure multiple userspaces
> are using this driver, we'll move the config hopefully already in 3.7.
> What's the downside?
>
Ahh, sorry I managed to miss that part.. ;)
If it's just a CONFIG_STAGING flag for a release or two until we work
out the userspace bits, I don't have an objection doing something like
that if it helps getting the code exposed to a large set of eyes in
mainline.
--nab
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