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Subject: Re: [PATCH for-4.5 v6 00/16] Xen VMware tools support
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:28:38 -0400
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> >>It is simple to allow a new QEMU to build with pre-4.5 Xen and post-4.5
> >>Xen.  No idea of a good way to check that a QEMU binary has this
> >>support.  However I can say that enabling vmware_port does require
> >>a QEMU with this support in the docs.
> >And that would mean for users to take advantage of it would need
> >to update their QEMU version right?
> 
> Yes and No.  The version of QEMU that is provided with Xen should
> have this support.  The issue is for the people (distos?) that mix and
> match Xen and QEMU.
> 
> Since I am planning on a delay until 4.6, I how to have QEMU in a
> better state by then.

OK. Sorry that it did not work out for Xen 4.5. But on the positive
side there is more runway time  - and you don't have to strees about
deadlines and all that :-)