Re: [Xen-devel] [V3 PATCH 5/9] PVH dom0: implement XENMEM_add_to_physmap_range for x86

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 03.12.13 at 01:05, Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:47:25 +0000
> "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> And as noted a number of times before - I don't think that's
>> appropriate. There's nothing keeping non-PVH guests from using
>> this interface, and hence it should either be uniformly available to
>> all of them, or uniformly unavailable. I'm not intending to apply
>> such a half baked thing.
> 
> I am sorry for your frustration, but as I said before, doing it is
> not straightforward as it involves creating a new version of 
> XLAT_add_to_physmap which unfortunately is generated via python/shell
> scripts.

Exactly - all of the basics are being taken care of for you. You
don#t even need to worry about how these XLAT_* macros
are being generated. You only need to use them (taking other
similar code as reference if needed).

> At this point, I want to focus on the 64bit. I understand while
> it's not a regression, it's a partial implementation, but so is the entire
> PVH

Right, but here we're not talking about PVH alone.

> and many other features that are "work in progress". Your final word
> on this was:
> 
> quote:
> Then leave it out, and I'll waste my time on getting it implemented
> once the patch set is in. But please add a clear note of this state
> to the patch description.
> 
> Jan
> end quote

I now recall, and so be it then <sigh>.

Jan


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