Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] libxl: rename VKB backend type "linux" to "pv"

[Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 11:14:41AM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Oleksandr Grytsov writes ("[PATCH v2 2/3] libxl: rename VKB backend type 
> "linux" to "pv""):
> > From: Oleksandr Grytsov <oleksandr_grytsov@xxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > There are two kind of VKB backends: QEMU and user space PV backend.
> > For PV backend "linux" enum is used but this name is confused. Rename
> > "linux" enum to "pv" as it better matches user space PV backend.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Grytsov <oleksandr_grytsov@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> Requested-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The LINUX type was introduced back in 2018.

This patch should have provided at least a

  #define ...LINUX ...PV

in libxl.h for backward compatibility purpose.

Wei.


> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ian.

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