linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 02/12] xen/hvmlite: Factor out common kernel init code

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Message-ID: <56A6012F.1090706@citrix.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:04:15 +0000
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	<david.vrabel@...rix.com>, <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <mcgrof@...e.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <roger.pau@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 02/12] xen/hvmlite: Factor out common
 kernel init code

On 22/01/16 21:35, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> HVMlite guests (to be introduced in subsequent patches) share most
> of the kernel initialization code with PV(H).

Where possible, HVMlite should share initialization with bare metal/HVM
and not PV(H).

Sharing any code with the existing PVH code isn't useful, since PVH
support will be removed.

David