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RE: [Xen-devel] [rfc] address space reorganization

To: "Gerd Knorr" <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [rfc] address space reorganization
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 00:31:16 +0100
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> This is a patch doing the memory layout changes I've 
> suggested a few days ago on the list.  It's still a static 
> layout, I havn't changed it to adjust the frametable size at 
> runtime.  Doesn't break compatibility, the location of the ro 
> MPT table and the size of xen's private address space is 
> still the same (for non-PAE), so domains don't even notice 
> this change ;)

I think it would be good to introduce a new constant to indicate the
start of the hypervisor protected area rather than using RO_MPT_VIRT_END
everywhere.

Otherwise, I like it.

Best,
Ian

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