RE: [PATCH] nfit: add Hyper-V NVDIMM DSM command set to white list

From: Dexuan Cui
Date: Mon Jan 28 2019 - 17:59:35 EST


> From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:55 PM
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 1:40 PM Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I made the below simple change. Is this enough? Please suggest the proper
> > wording/sentence, as I'm relatively new to NVDIMM, and I don't really know
> the history of the standardization process.
>
> How about something a bit more relevant for the code in question:
>

> There are 4 "legacy" NVDIMM command sets
> (NVDIMM_FAMILY_{INTEL,MSFT,HPE1,HPE2}) that were created before an EFI
> working group was established to constrain this proliferation. The
> nfit driver probes for the supported command set by GUID. Note, If
> you're a platform developer looking to add a new command set to this
> probe consider using an existing set, or otherwise seek approval to
> publish the command set at
> http://www.uefi.org/RFIC_LIST

Looks perfect! Let me use this, rebase the patch to
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm.git/tag/?h=libnvdimm-fixes-5.0-rc4
and post a v2 later today.

Thanks,
-- Dexuan