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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 00/14] Load BIOS via toolstack instead of been embedded in hvmloader.



On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 10:12:54AM +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 5:49 PM, George Dunlap <dunlapg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>>>>> On 30.03.16 at 19:22, <JFEHLIG@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> Anthony PERARD wrote:
> >>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Few changes in V4:
> >>>>>   I leave the ACPI alone and only load the BIOS via libxl now.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   Detail of changes in each patches.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've look at loading the BIOS via the toolstack instead of having them
> >>>> embedded
> >>>>> in the hvmloader binary. After this patch series, hvmloader compilation
> >>>> would
> >>>>> be indenpendant from SeaBIOS and OVMF compilation.
> >>>> Hi Anthony, Wei,
> >>>>
> >>>> Any chance this series will make 4.7? AFAICT, there were no major issues 
> >>>> in
> >>>> the
> >>>> reviews. I didn't review all the patches in detail, but have done quite a
> >>>> bit of
> >>>> testing with this series and haven't noticed any problems (beyond the
> >>>> current
> >>>> upstream ovmf breakage with Xen).
> >>>
> >>> I'm afraid the primary issue here is reviewing bandwidth: While
> >>> the hvmloader parts are on my list of things to look at
> >>
> >> And these are precisely the patches I just skimmed over, since I'm not 
> >> familiar
> >> with hvmloader.
> >
> > Hmm, I probably could have reviewed it if I'd known a bit earlier.
> > Unfortunately I don't work for Citrix tomorrow.
> 
> Since there's obviously been a failure to communicate here, allow me
> to expand on this.  Last March (or was it March 2014?  I forget now) I
> asked for permission to cut back to 80% time at Citrix; so since then
> I've been working M-Th, and Friday was "work for myself" day where I
> mainly pursued personal projects.
> 
> And now that it's been publicly announced, this is actually my *last*
> "work for myself" Friday -- as of next week I'm back to 100%.
> 
> So no, you haven't gotten rid of me just yet; on the contrary, you'll
> soon get 25% more. :-)

<Wheew>

You scared me George!

Wait, today is April 1st!?

Um?

Hmmmm...

Well, I am going to be an optimist and assume this is not a joke!
Welcome back to 100%!

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