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[Xen-devel] Re: [patch] [ppc] use xen_ulong_t in start_info

To: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [patch] [ppc] use xen_ulong_t in start_info
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:57:45 +0100
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On 27 Jul 2006, at 21:40, Hollis Blanchard wrote:

Keir, you mentioned that start_info probably doesn't make much sense for PowerPC. However, if for no other reason than linux/drivers/xen has many
references to it, we'd like to fix it for now and figure out how to
replace it later.

I think that structure is quite x86-specific. I'd be happy to see direct references to start_info replaced in drivers/xen. Obvious (and ugly) low-hanging fruit is test for SIF_INITDOMAIN. Replacing with arch-specific is_initial_domain() or similar would be a great patch to receive. A couple of the others (e.g., console_mfn, store_mfn) are a bit harder -- how do you communicate those on ppc?

 -- Keir


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