Re: [PATCH v2 01/31] ntsync: Introduce the ntsync driver and character device.

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Elizabeth,

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 11:42 PM Elizabeth Figura
<zfigura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ntsync uses a misc device as the simplest and least intrusive uAPI interface.
>
> Each file description on the device represents an isolated NT instance, intended
> to correspond to a single NT virtual machine.
>
> Signed-off-by: Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> @@ -506,6 +506,17 @@ config OPEN_DICE
>
>           If unsure, say N.
>
> +config NTSYNC
> +       tristate "NT synchronization primitive emulation"
> +       help
> +         This module provides kernel support for emulation of Windows NT
> +         synchronization primitives. It is not a hardware driver.
> +
> +         To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
> +         module will be called ntsync.
> +
> +         If unsure, say N.

Is it useful to have this feature on systems or architectures that
are not supported by Windows NT?

If not, this should depend on <something> || COMPILE_TEST.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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