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Re: [Xen-devel] silly questions: struct start_info

>>>>> "KF" == Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

 KF> On 30 Sep 2005, at 16:45, Jimi Xenidis wrote:

 KF> They are allocated from the domain's reservation, it's just that they 
 KF> map themselves read-only.

arch/x86/domain.c arch_do_createdomain 253 d->shared_info = 
alloc_xenheap_page();

I assume this is done so Xen can access easily (without any xlate
issues). On PPC we don't have any such issues so allocating the
shared_info out of the domain seems more natural.

It sounds like there is no objection to this strategy, correct?
-JX
-- 
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