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RE: [Xen-devel] Uses of &frame_table[xfn]

To: "Magenheimer, Dan \(HP Labs Fort Collins\)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>, "Xen Mailing List" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Uses of &frame_table[xfn]
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 04:23:46 -0000
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Uses of &frame_table[xfn]
> There are a number of explicit uses of &frame_table[...] 
> remaining in Xen common code (grant_table.c and memory.c).
> Could these be cleaned up to use pfn_to_page(...)?  

Yes, this is highly desirable. We'll need it for making the frame_table
virtually mapped to support discontig memory.

> Eventually, I'd imagine all uses in Xen/x86 should eventually 
> be changed as well, but this would be a good start.  (And, 
> yes, there are some in ia64-specific code that I'll be changing too.)

Please can someone *carefully* work up a patch and test it.

Ian

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