Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Register PV driver product numbers 4 and 5.

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2013-10-08 at 15:53 +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:

> > It's a bit confusing, I agree. Referring back to previous threads though, 
> > all
> > HVM systems are assumed to have the xen platform PCI device (as there is
> > no way to turn it off if youâre using machine type xenfv), thus the fixed IO
> > ports that implement the blacklisting protocol are assumed to always be
> > present. Because the ports are fixed and always present the PV drivers don't
> > have to care which device they are binding to - they talk to the same IO 
> > ports
> > regardless.

That makes sense I suppose.

Can we add some words about this relationship to the docs then?

> Ping? Do I need to add any further clarification?

I thought I'd already replied but I don't see it anywhere on the list or
in my sent box, sorry.

Ian/


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