Re: [PATCH RFC v2] misc/pvpanic: add support for normal shutdowns

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Apr 12 2024 - 01:58:01 EST


On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 12:03:57AM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> Shutdown requests are normally hardware dependent.
> By extending pvpanic to also handle shutdown requests, guests can
> submit such requests with an easily implementable and cross-platform
> mechanism.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Drop RFC status

Nope, still there :(