From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:00:45 +0000 Subject: Re: re-writing on powerpc Message-Id: <1292623245.16694.552.camel@pasglop> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 09:12 -0800, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > On 12/13/2010 12:42 AM, Alexander Graf wrote: > > Back when I implemented this, we did however have discussions on exactly that distinction between patching in host or guest space and for some reason I remember that you and Hollis figured that guest patching is superior. I just really can't remember why and couldn't find traces of this in my inbox either :). > Don't blame me for this. :) My original patching (with Christian) was > done from host context, and those patches are in the list archives. > > As far as I remember, Ben H said he preferred patching from guest > context (mostly for unspecified or "gut feeling" reasons), and then > that's what you did. IIRC it was IRC conversation, which is why it > wouldn't be in your inbox. I didn't want to mention rumors of patents I heard about... Ben.