RE: [PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linux version in guest ID

2012-08-13 Thread KY Srinivasan
> -Original Message- > From: Bjørn Mork [mailto:bj...@mork.no] > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 9:33 AM > To: KY Srinivasan > Cc: Greg KH; Paolo Bonzini; de...@linuxdriverproject.org; linux- > ker...@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linux versio

Re: [PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linux version in guest ID

2012-08-13 Thread Bjørn Mork
KY Srinivasan writes: > In the interim, I have submitted a patch that conforms to the MSFT guidelines > for generating guest IDs for non-MSFT operating systems on Hyper-V. Oh, sorry. I missed that. Found it now. Thanks Including distro info in a driver interface looks a bit weird to me, but

RE: [PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linux version in guest ID

2012-08-13 Thread KY Srinivasan
> -Original Message- > From: Bjørn Mork [mailto:bj...@mork.no] > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 9:00 AM > To: Greg KH > Cc: KY Srinivasan; Paolo Bonzini; de...@linuxdriverproject.org; linux- > ker...@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linu

Re: [PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linux version in guest ID

2012-08-13 Thread Bjørn Mork
Greg KH writes: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 04:02:44PM +, KY Srinivasan wrote: >> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:03:08AM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: >> > >> > > +/* Linux vendor ID allocated by Microsoft */ >> > > +#define HV_LINUX_GUEST_ID_VENDOR0xB16B >> > > + >> > > +/* Creating a guest ID

RE: [PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linux version in guest ID

2012-07-22 Thread KY Srinivasan
> -Original Message- > From: Greg KH [mailto:gre...@linuxfoundation.org] > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 12:10 PM > To: KY Srinivasan > Cc: Bjørn Mork; Paolo Bonzini; de...@linuxdriverproject.org; linux- > ker...@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: hv:

Re: [PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linux version in guest ID

2012-07-20 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 04:02:44PM +, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:03:08AM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: > > > Use OS version number in the guest ID as recommended by Microsoft > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork > > > --- > > > So how about something like this? Yes, I kno

RE: [PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linux version in guest ID

2012-07-20 Thread KY Srinivasan
: Re: [PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linux version in guest ID > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:03:08AM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: > > Use OS version number in the guest ID as recommended by Microsoft > > > > Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork > > --- > > So how about something li

Re: [PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linux version in guest ID

2012-07-20 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:03:08AM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: > Use OS version number in the guest ID as recommended by Microsoft > > Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork > --- > So how about something like this? Yes, I know including > linux/version.h often is unwanted, but the spec does > recommend using t

[PATCH] drivers: hv: use Linux version in guest ID

2012-07-20 Thread Bjørn Mork
Use OS version number in the guest ID as recommended by Microsoft Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork --- So how about something like this? Yes, I know including linux/version.h often is unwanted, but the spec does recommend using the actual OS version in the guest ID Yes, this will be offensive again wh