Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/5] vtdt: Modify vlapic code to add vtdt support

[Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:01 +0000 on 14 Dec (1292320899), Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 14/12/2010 09:59, "Keir Fraser" <keir@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >>> That's Tim's call. I would personally prefer for Xen to accept
> >>> truncated chunks, and extend them with sensible 'old save image' defaults,
> >>> such as all-zeroes.
> >>> That would be a generic solution to this case which will be reusable
> >>> in future, and avoid needlessly creating extra chunk types just for
> >>> backward compatibility reasons.
> >> 
> >> Ok. Let's wait for Tim to answer the call.
> > 
> > Well I propose the attached patch, and then you can use
> > hvm_load_entry_zeroextend() in vlapic.c. I would split this patch into two
> > pieces if I apply it (code movement first, then the zeroextend logic).
> > 
> > It needs an Ack from Tim however.

Looks good. 

Acked-by: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Tim.

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Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Principal Software Engineer, Xen Platform Team
Citrix Systems UK Ltd.  (Company #02937203, SL9 0BG)

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