Re: [PATCH] Revert "mei: virtio: virtualization frontend driver"

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Dec 06 2020 - 04:38:50 EST


On Sat, Dec 05, 2020 at 02:38:46PM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> This reverts commit d162219c655c8cf8003128a13840d6c1e183fb80.
> The device uses a VIRTIO device ID out of a not-for-production
> range. Releasing Linux using an ID out of this range will make
> it conflict with development setups. An official request to
> reserve an ID for an MEI device is yet to be submitted
> to the virtio TC, thus there's no chance it will be reserved
> and fixed in time before the next release.
>
> Once requested it usually takes 2-3 weeks to land in the spec, which
> means the device can be supported with the official ID in the next Linux
> version if contributors act quickly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>

Now applied, thanks.

greg k-h