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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V2 0/3] firmware changes as part of QEMU/Xen merg

To: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V2 0/3] firmware changes as part of QEMU/Xen merge.
From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:37:36 +0100
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Keir Fraser writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V2 0/3] firmware changes as part of 
QEMU/Xen merge."):
> I'm fine with all these patches. Ian Jackson can check them in across qemu
> and xen-unstable at the same time, and update QEMU_TAG.

Following in-person discussion, we've concluded that we have to make a
mechanism to avoid the hypervisor exposing both ports to all guests;
as that would make us fail certain parts of the Windows platform
validation tests.

So we're intending to invent an HVMPARAM to control old or new ACPI
port location, which will default to old, and the new hvmloader will
set it to new.

Ian.

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