Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:34:42 -0400 From: Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> To: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor.bulk@inoc.net> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 8.x and virtio? Message-ID: <CAHzLAVGbXHUw0cNnR2sseiLqB25LJUU%2BBbAcuaYME1XqPZDCXA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <000C2F50-A6F8-48A6-973C-68C4C28F1C71@inoc.net> References: <CAHzLAVE2uGsCsqaQ6BveaiezC4YAnmL4rUepM1yn4F=EsjjVdg@mail.gmail.com> <000C2F50-A6F8-48A6-973C-68C4C28F1C71@inoc.net>
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On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Robert Blayzor <rblayzor.bulk@inoc.net> wrote: > On Jul 24, 2014, at 7:46 AM, Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> wrote: > > > > Is there significant effort involved with merging the virtio code from a > 9 > > or 10 branch into an 8 branch? Special considerations? > > > Unless you're hoping for an 8.5 release, which is unlikely, I'd expect not. > > The path of least resistance is to upgrade. > I don't expect the community to take this up. I'm most interested in the level of effort to do so internally if we were so inclined. Would it be a simple merge of the code from any 9 or 10 branch into a private, internal 8 branch or is it a more complicated process requiring a multitude of considerations? -- Take care Rick Miller
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