Device Passthrough latest ARMv7 tree

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Thu Apr 4 07:02:50 EDT 2013


Hi Mario,

On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 08:53:51 +0000, Mario Smarduch
<Mario.Smarduch at huawei.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>    I'm working on device passthrough, an initial patch is for host GIC.
> Separate interrupt prioritization from deactivation for guest
interrupts.
> Guest will execute as is. 
> 
> In short patch would affect GIC mainline kernel.
> Against what repo can I submit patches given it's for virt,
> but impacts mainline?

Please use the current mainline. 3.9 contains the KVM/ARM code, and should
be used for any new development.

Plus, given that the GIC has been moved to a common location to
accommodate for arm64, this will save you some hassle later on.

Cheers,

        M.
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