linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86-64/xen: Enable the vvar mapping

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:48:35 -0400
From:	Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	jeremy@...p.org, keir.xen@...il.com, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86-64/xen: Enable the vvar mapping

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
<konrad.wilk@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:20:38PM -0400, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> Xen needs special treatment for fixmaps.
>
> The description needs a bit more, for example:
>
> "Xen needs to handle the newly introduced VVAR_PAGE introduced by
> git commit 9fd67b4ed0714ab718f1f9bd14c344af336a6df7
> "x86-64: Give vvars their own page"

Will do.

--Andy
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