linux-kernel - RE: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/12] PV on HVM Xen

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Message-ID: <9d5fb841-26be-4ce1-b549-eb7f17f88e61@default>
Date:	Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:08:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com>
To:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
Cc:	Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Jeremy@...inet12.oracle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>,
	Sheng Yang <sheng@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/12] PV on HVM Xen

> From: Stefano Stabellini [mailto:stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com]
> 
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2010, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> > Hi Stefano --
> >
> > What versions of Xen are compatible with this series?
> > I.e. is 4.0 required?  Are all Xen-side changes in
> > official 4.0.0?  Or only in 4.0-testing (and therefore
> > will be in 4.0.1)?  Or only in xen-unstable?
> >
> > If post-4.0.0 xen changes are necessary, could you point
> > out the changesets?
> 
> Any Xen version is going to work, but you need unstable to get all the
> features.
> 
> In particular you need these patches:
> 
> - 21647: implement HVMOP_pagetable_dying
> 
> - 21493: update_runstate_area for 32 bit PV on HVM guests
> 
> - 21449: implement vector callback for evtchn delivery
> 
> - 21445: TSC handling cleanups (version 2)
> 
> - 21341: Export timer hypercalls to HVM guests too
> 
> - 21339: TSC handling cleanups

Thanks for the thorough reply!  Any reason that any of these
cannot or should not be back-ported to go into 4.0.1?

Thanks,
Dan
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