Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 5/8] libxc, libxl, hvmloader: strip out outdated VM generation ID implementation

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 17:12 +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
> The VM generation ID support in libxc/libxl was based on a draft
> specification which subsequently changed considerably.  Remove much of
> the code in anticipation of introducing something simpler that
> conforms to the current specification from Microsoft.
> 
> Switch to using a HVM param (HVM_PARAM_VM_GENERATION_ID_ADDR) instead
> of the hvmloader/generation-id-address XenStore key.  This simplifies
> save/restore since it only needs to transfer the value of this param.
> 
> There are no changes to the migration stream format or the public
> libxl API.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>

When committing I tweaked xc_nomigrate.c in the obvious way so it
continued to compile.

Ian.


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