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Re: [Xen-devel] 32-on-64: pvfb issue

To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] 32-on-64: pvfb issue
From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:05:04 +0000
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 05:34:00PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > Actually FC6 isn't a problem - the ABI already changed between the time we 
> > shipped it in FC6, and the time it got merged in xen-devel.
> 
> Ok.
> 
> > For RHEL-5 though
> > we have synced to the ABI currently in xen-devel/xen-3.0.4.
> 
> Hmm, assuming we'll fix up the ABI now to be binary compatible between
> 32 and 64 bit and put that one into both 3.0.4 and unstable, could that
> still make it into RHEL-5 or is that too late now?

Not any chance whatsoever I'm afraid :-( We're way too far into the release
process to make any functional changes now.

Regards,
Dan.
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