Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Add code to track the address of the VM generation id buffer across a [and 1 more messages]

[Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Jackson [mailto:Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 December 2011 16:42
> To: Paul Durrant; Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Add code to track the address of
> the VM generation id buffer across a [and 1 more messages]
> 
> Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Add code to
> track the address of the VM generation id buffer across a"):
> > So what is a generation id? What is the use-case for this?
> 
> Paul Durrant writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Add code to track the
> address of the VM generation id buffer across a"):
> >   Did you see my previous patch set? The introductory comment was:
> >
> > -----
> > The following is a revised patch series to add support for a VM
> generation ID virtual device for HVM guests.
> > The basic requirements of this device are as follows:
> 
> This explains "what" but not "why".
> 

OK. I already know there is one OS that consumes this interface and another 
hypervisor that produces it but unfortunately I'm not at liberty to say much 
more because I'm under NDA.
Hopefully a spec. will be forthcoming at some point.

> Also, please don't top post.
> 

Sorry, I wasn't aware that I was.

  Paul

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