Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3.1 00/15] Initial PVHv2 Dom0 support

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 31/10/16 14:35, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>
>
> On 10/29/2016 04:59 AM, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
>> (resending as v3.1, it seems like I need to figure out how to
>> properly use
>> msmtp with git send-email because on the last try only the cover letter
>> was actually sent).
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is the first batch of the PVH Dom0 support eries, that includes
>> everything up to the point where ACPI tables for he Dom0 are crafted.
>> I've
>> decided to left the last part of the series (the ne that contains the
>> PCI
>> config space handlers, and other mulation/trapping related code)
>> separated,
>> in order to focus and ease the review. This is f course not
>> functional, one
>> might be able to partially boot a Dom0 kernel if t doesn't try to access
>> any physical device.
>>
>> Another reason for splitting this series is so hat I can write a proper
>> design document about how this trapping is going o work, and what is it
>> supposed to do, because during the last review ound I got the feeling
>> that
>> some comments where not really related to the ode itself, but to what
>> I was
>> trying to achieve, so it's best to discuss them n a design document
>> rather
>> than mixed up with code.
>
>
> Given that we are dropping PVHv1 support from Linux and the fact that
> v1 has always been a tech preview (or some such) should we drop it now?
>
> The is_pvh_domain() is getting more and more confusing.

+1 for dropping all the PVHv1 remnants from Xen.

Perhaps the start of 4.9 is the best time to flip this switch.

~Andrew

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