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Stephen Hemminger > ; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > sashal@kernel.org; davem@davemloft.net; saeedm@mellanox.com; > leon@kernel.org; eranbe@mellanox.com; lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com; > bhelgaas@google.com; linux-pci@vger.kernel.org; linux- > hyperv@vger.kernel.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org > Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next, 2/6] PCI: hv: Add a Hyper-V PCI mini driver= for > software backchannel interface >=20 > Haiyang Zhang writes: >=20 > > > > The pci_hyperv can only be loaded on VMs on Hyper-V and Azure. Other > > drivers like MLX5e will have symbolic dependency of pci_hyperv if they > > use functions exported by pci_hyperv. This dependency will cause other > > drivers fail to load on other platforms, like VMs on KVM. So we > > created this mini driver, which can be loaded on any platforms to > > provide the symbolic dependency. >=20 > (/me wondering is there a nicer way around this, by using __weak or > something like that...) >=20 > In case this stub is the best solution I'd suggest to rename it to someth= ing like > PCI_HYPERV_INTERFACE to make it clear it is not a separate driver (_MINI > makes me think so). Thanks! I will consider those options.