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RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] RE: Rebased xen-ia64 tree with VT-i support

To: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>, "Magenheimer, Dan \(HP Labs Fort Collins\)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] RE: Rebased xen-ia64 tree with VT-i support
From: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 14:39:22 +0800
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>
>But as a note, the patch to system.h and processor.h will still exist
>which may simply remove original definition and include "xen_***"
>specific header to contain new definition. The reason is the difficulty
>to handle multiple redefinitions without any change to original file.
>But that patch will be stable, and later changes only happen in
>"xen_***" as you expected.
>

Hi, Dan,
        Just a small correction. I shouldn't mean remove any original
content, but actually say adding protection to original definition by
"#ifndef XEN" if xen specific version is needed, to reduce patch size in
current model. :) You can check the change in staging tree.

Thanks,
Kevin

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