[Xen-devel] A reorganization of Xen sources is necessary before integrating Xen into Linux.

["Philippe Berthault" <Philippe.Berthault@xxxxxxxx>]

I have searched assembly code in Xen sources (xen-unstable)

and I'm very surprised because the assembly code isn't located

in 'arch' directories.

 

I have found assembly code in the following directories:

  - extras/mini-os

  - linux-2.6.10-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/privcmd

  - tools/blktap

  - tools/ioemu/iodev

  - tools/libxc

  - tools/python/xen/lowlevel/xu

  - tools/x2d2

  - tools/xcs

 

All these assembly code seems to be specific to IA32.

So porting Xen to a new architecture (such as IA64) will be acrobatic !

 

Is there a plan to reorganize source code into a better and cleanest

architecture ?

I thinks this would be mandatory before integrating Xen into Linux.

 

PhB