linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2 of 4] Linux pvops: early PV on HVM

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Date:	Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:44:04 +0000
From:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
To:	Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@....fi>
CC:	Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2 of 4] Linux pvops: early PV on HVM

On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 06:30:18PM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > this patch is derived from an earler version of the patch named "Xen PV
> > extension of HVM initialization" in Shen's patch series.
> > This patch:
> > 
> > - initializes basic pv on hvm features in xen_guest_init; 
> > 
> 
> Are you planning to make pv-on-hvm disk/net frontends also
> work for HVM guests running 2.6.3x pvops kernels? 
> 

Yes, that what I meant.
Even though many things are still missing in the patch series, this
feature works already in last version I sent.