linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 04/11] xen/hvmlite: Allow HVMlite guests delay initializing grant table

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Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 2016 11:49:50 -0500
From:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:	David Vrabel <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 v2 04/11] xen/hvmlite: Allow HVMlite guests
 delay initializing grant table

On 02/02/2016 11:13 AM, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 01/02/16 15:38, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>> .. just like we currently do for PVH guests
> I think this description is wrong.  In the HVM guess the grant table
> initialization is delayed, but here we want to do it immediately (since
> we may have no platform PCI device to trigger it otherwise).

Yes, it's wrong. I'll re-word it.

-boris