[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux: prevent non-Xen modulesfromloading in Xen kernel
>>> Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 18.01.08 17:07 >>> >I disagree. The xen interface version number is simply to allow downgrading >of the API exposed by the Xen public headers. And it *is* specifically the >source API; *not* the ABI. Xen's ABIs are always backward compatible (old >guest driver; new Xen will always work), and for forward compatibility (new >guest driver; old Xen) we expect the guest driver to gracefully degrade its >functionality. Yeah, it really wasn't meant to cover that (which I know has been stable enough during a reasonably long time now), but rather to have a little less coarse separation than with just "Xen ", but >This is orthogonal to what you are trying to achieve. So, can we just add >"Xen " to the magic string? ... sure we can. Jan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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