From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755132Ab3LRPPb (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:15:31 -0500 Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:32736 "EHLO aserp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754919Ab3LRPPa (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:15:30 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:14:22 -0500 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk To: Ian Campbell , david.vrabel@citrix.com Cc: Stefano Stabellini , xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] allow xenfb initialization for hvm guests Message-ID: <20131218151422.GF4934@phenom.dumpdata.com> References: <1387367482.27441.123.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1387367482.27441.123.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:51:22AM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2013-12-17 at 17:53 +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > There is no reasons why an HVM guest shouldn't be allowed to use xenfb. > > As a matter of fact ARM guests, HVM from Linux POV, can use xenfb. > > Given that no Xen toolstacks configure a xenfb backend for x86 HVM > > guests, they are not affected. > > and if a toolstack did I think it would be reasonable to expect the > kernel to at least try and drive it! > > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini > > Acked-by: Ian Campbell I think David Vrabel is going to Nack it unless there is a test-case. I am saying that because in his previous statement for Wei's multi-page patches was that if there are no users (or at least no test-cases) then it should not be part of the kernel.