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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 10:42:42 +0000 From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com> To: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@...doe.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> CC: <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/2] xen: wrap xenbus on xenfs with COMPAT option On 30/11/15 21:35, Doug Goldstein wrote: > Since Xen 4.6.0, using xenbus via xenfs (/proc/xen/xenbus) is deprecated > and /dev/xen/xenbus via pvops is used instead. This is an effort to > eventually drop this interface after a reasonable amount of time. I would prefer the /proc/xen/xenbus and /proc/xen/evtchn files to be replaced with symlinks to the corresponding /dev/xen/ devices. Then I see no need to ever remove them, thus avoiding the need for yet another config option. I did briefly look at this and it seemed possible but didn't get as far as actually trying to change it. David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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