linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/16] paravirtualize IO permission bitmap

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Date:	Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:36:17 +1000
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Christophe Saout <chtephan@...o.intern.saout.de>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/16] paravirtualize IO permission bitmap

Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>   Sigh, is there a plan to limit the paravirt horror at some point or
>   are we keeping on adding to it forever ?
>   

There haven't been any new ops added in a long time.  We've had one for 
iopl for a long while; this fills it out to be fully functional.  I 
don't see a need for any more ops with the current architecture.

    J
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