Re: [Xen-devel] Re: PATCH (and RFC): new dom0 hypercall: DOM0_DOMAIN_SETUP

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19 Jun 2006, at 15:43, Tristan Gingold wrote:

> > I'd like the patch modified as follows:
> >   * Change flag name to XEN_DOMAINSETUP_hvm_guest (explicitly in Xen
> > namespace; more the style of other flags added recently; not VMX
> > specific).
> >   * Place the final two fields of the struct inside ifdef __ia64__.
> Why not defining an arch-dependant struct for adding more fields to 
> this
> structure ?  (I prefer to do that early than breaking compatibility 
> later).
How does that ease binary compatibility if you want to add extra common 
fields later? You mean to have a pointer to the arch-dep struct?
 -- Keir

PS. The flag name: DOM0_DOMAIN_SETUP_ would actually be a fine prefix 
for flags. Use whatever you prefer.

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