>>>>> "KF" == Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
KF> On 30 Sep 2005, at 01:54, Andrei Petrov wrote:
KF> When we previously had this, by defining packed structs, there were
KF> plenty of screams that it wasn't ANSI compliant, and that performance
KF> sucks on some architectures.
Tou use a research term, "thats just ka-ka" :)
Packed in no way solves the problem of selecting the appropriate types.
KF> At the time there seemed no good reason for cross-ABI
KF> compatibility (we don't plan to stuff these structs into network
KF> packets, for example).
There are 4 ABIs present, Xen (internal), Domain, Managment App, and
the ABI (_not_ API) that Xen presents to all.
We only wish to formalize the Xen External ABI in a binary form, not
by lanuage.
-JX
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