Re: [GIT PULL] Linux KVM tool for v3.7-rc0

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Wed Nov 14 2012 - 00:24:56 EST


Hi all again,

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:04:36 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:50:52 -0700 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux.git kvmtool/for-linus
> > >
> > > So you have not taken this in the v3.7 merge window.
> > >
> > > Will you ever merge this?
> >
> > I have yet to see a compelling argument for merging it. It's tons of
> > code, it doesnt match the original "small simple" model, and I think
> > it would be better off as a separate project.
>
> So are there any compelling arguments from the proponents, or can I
> remove this from linux-next (and have it removed from the tip auto-latest
> branch)?

So, where did we get to? I *think* the consensus was that the KVM tool
did not need to be in the kernel tree, right? In which case:

1) I need to remove the kvmtool tree from linux-next
2) the same code needs to be removed from the tip tree

hmm?
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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