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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 6/7, RFC] x86_64: basic changes for supporting co

To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 6/7, RFC] x86_64: basic changes for supporting compatibility mode guest
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:40:22 +0100
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On 23/8/06 10:16 am, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This changes the ABI in adding to vcpu_guest_context - does a change like
> this require bumping the ABI version?

We can't do this as the struct is part of the domU ABI (used for
initialising secondary VCPUs). You'll have to add the extra CS values to
64-bit arch_vcpu, I think.

 -- Keir



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