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Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:09:39 +0200
From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
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Subject: Re: Merge Xen (the hypervisor) into Linux
On 06/03/09 10:47, Alan Cox wrote:
>> Linux is not the only player here. NetBSD can run as dom0 guest.
>> Solaris can run as dom0 guest too. Thus making the dom0/xen interface
>> private to linux and xen isn't going to fly.
>
> It does not however preclude fixing the dom0 interface.
It wasn't my intention to imply that. The interface can be extended
when needed. PAT support will probably be such a case. Changing it in
incompatible ways isn't going to work though.
> MTRR, PAE etc can all be turned off for the purpose an initial merge.
s/PAE/PAT/? PAE is mandatory ...
Having not-yet supported stuff disabled initially is sensible IMHO. Can
be done for MTRR and PAT. Is already done for MSI ;)
The lapic/ioapic stuff must be sorted though because otherwise you can't
boot the box at all. I think the same is true for the swiotlb bits.
cheers,
Gerd
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