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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Hi Stephen,

2016-11-10 02:51, Stephen Hemminger:
> I also think drv_flags should part of device not PCI. Most of the flags
> there like link state support are generic. If it isn't changed for this
> release will probably have to break ABI to fully support VMBUS

When do you plan to send VMBUS patches?
Could you send a deprecation notice for this change?
Are you aware of the work started by Shreyansh to have a generic bus model?
Could you help in 17.02 timeframe to have a solid bus model?

Thanks