Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH][RFC] Supporting Enlightened Windows 2008Server

["Ky Srinivasan" <ksrinivasan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at  8:30 AM, in message
<C3F6F3FB.1DAE5%keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser
<keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> On 7/3/08 01:10, "Ky Srinivasan" <ksrinivasan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> I agree that there is no need to isolate the shim's dependence on the base 
> Xen
>> code (xen_call_vector_t). I implemented this shim a year ago and at that 
> point
>> it was not clear what Microsoft might do with the Veridian specification.  
> So,
>> clearly some of the design choices that I made a year ago may not be the 
> right
>> choice today. However, I still think that having an intercept framework 
> where
>> one can implement Veridian specific functionality without cluttering up the
>> base Xen code is still the right approach.
> 
> Clearly putting the Viridian hypercall shims in a different file/directory
> makes sense. But I think the shims would need to go on a diet. The TLB
> flushing implementation is a good example -- the useful extra features of
> the Viridian flush hypercall (if there are any, when partnered with Xen's
> shadow code) should be pushed into core Xen HVM TLB-flush handling code.
> Otherwise it sits out on the periphery with a correspndingly greater
> tendency to rot, and for no benefit (certainly I would strongly argue it is
> not cleaner!).
> 
>  -- Keir

Kier,

Based on the feedback I got from you and Tim, I am enclosing the next version 
of the patches to support enlightened win2008 server. Here are the changes I 
have made:

1) I have put the shim on a low calorie diet - I have gotten rid of the 
framework infrastructure and to the extent possible integrated the shim code 
with xen.

2) I have tried to cleanup the code. I am sure  more work will be needed here.

3) I am not advertising the TLB related enlightenments. We can revisit this 
later if needed.

Regards,

K. Y
 
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