linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] x86: Add nopv parameter to disable PV extensions

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Message-ID: <95b0b6fa-23e2-eb9a-c74d-bfd87c8f4164@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 2 Jul 2019 13:47:13 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, jgross@...e.com,
        sstabellini@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        bp@...en8.de, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] x86: Add nopv parameter to disable PV extensions

On 7/1/19 1:19 AM, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
>
> There is already 'xen_nopv' parameter for XEN platform but not for
> others. 'xen_nopv' can then be removed with this change.

This is no longer true.

-boris