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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] disallow duplicate pci device strings in guest config file


  • To: "Cui, Dexuan" <dexuan.cui@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 14:01:00 +0100
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  • Delivery-date: Fri, 15 May 2009 06:01:01 -0700
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
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  • Thread-topic: [PATCH] disallow duplicate pci device strings in guest config file

On 15/05/2009 12:52, "Cui, Dexuan" <dexuan.cui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Keir Fraser wrote:
>> Why is the right answer not: Don't do that, then?
> Yes, normally a user should never do that.
> However, if a user really does that somehow(e.g., by mistake), without the
> small patch, the user may not notice the mistake in time and may be surprised
> when strange things happen (e.g., inside guest, 'lspci' shows 2 same devices;
> or guest may crash at some uncertain time point).
> So, I think the small patch is useful.

Post 3.4 then. I don't know enough about Python conversion rules to be sure
on this one for 3.4.0.

 -- Keir



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