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Re: [Xen-devel] Xen dom0 Kernel Patches

To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen dom0 Kernel Patches
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:31:44 +0100
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On 03/06/2009 22:24, "Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> I understand that the kernel is a moving target and 2.6.29 will soon
>> be out of date, but I don't think that justifies simply not providing
>> a newer one because pv_ops will be in mainline "any time soon", it
>> really feel that it is going to take a long time before that happens,
>> if at all.
> 
> Even with the bits not being merged into mainline you can still pull
> jeremies git tree to get a pv_ops based kernel with dom0 support.

Yes, it doesn't have to be all pushed upstream for it to be used. It's just
a question of how big the out-of-upstream patchset is that Jeremy has to
manage. And actually there's maintenance work even with the upstreamed
patches, of course. But none of that directly matters for consumers of
Jeremy's tree.

 -- Keir



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