Re: Changing user-mode interfaces

[Paul Durrant <xadimgnik@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 30/11/2023 15:03, Owen Smith wrote:
> If xencontrol.dll is deemed the public stable interface then;
> - xeniface.inf needs to include xencontrol.dll (its missing at the 
> moment, trivial fix)
Ok. I thought it was already there.

> - xenagent should be modified to use xencontrol.dll calls
Yes, that seems reasonable but not strictly necessary, since it is in 
the same package.
> - xencontrol.dll could be extended to handle RegisterDeviceNotification 
> events and/or expose the raw device handle
Ok.

> - XenServer's usages would need to reference xencontrol.dll interfaces 
> (its possible, via LoadLibrary/GetProcAddress, but not pretty)
LoadLibrary() shouldn't be too ugly, I wouldn't have thought.

Let's go with this plan. Rafał does that work for you?

  Cheers,

    Paul