From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: "Zhang, Xiantao" <xiantao.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: Xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
"Han, Weidong" <weidong.han@intel.com>,
Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com>,
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: Re: APIC rework
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:12:58 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B0230DA.6050604@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <706158FABBBA044BAD4FE898A02E4BC201CD320368@pdsmsx503.ccr.corp.intel.com>
On 11/16/09 19:13, Zhang, Xiantao wrote:
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>> Is there any way for the dom0 kernel to tell whether the hypervisor is
>> implementing the new ABI, so it can choose how to set up interrupts.
>>
>> MAP_COMPAT_BIT doesn't seem like a very good name, because it implies
>> that setting it reverts to "compatible" behaviour. I assume that
>> leaving it clear enables the historical behaviour and setting it
>> enables the new one (since old kernels won't be setting it).
>>
> Maybe better change to MAP_NEW_ABI_BIT ? Since the hypervisor patch didn't change old code path after introducing this bit, so it is very easy and safe to backport to xen-3.4-testing tree, and make new dom0 be able to run top of it. :)
>
Better to give it a name which actually describes what it means/does.
NEW_ABI isn't very descriptive when it becomes *the* ABI (and what
happens when there's a newer one?).
J
> Xiantao
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-17 5:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 121+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-19 1:19 Announcing xen/master: pvops git trees rearranged Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-19 10:36 ` Marc - A. Dahlhaus
2009-09-20 19:29 ` Marc - A. Dahlhaus
2009-09-21 6:22 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-09-21 8:49 ` Marc - A. Dahlhaus [ Administration | Westermann GmbH ]
2009-09-21 9:03 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-09-21 9:18 ` Marc - A. Dahlhaus [ Administration | Westermann GmbH ]
2009-09-21 14:39 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-09-21 16:19 ` [Cluster-devel] Re: [Xen-devel] " Marc
2009-09-21 15:20 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-09-19 14:46 ` pvops: AHCI problems with SB600 Patrick Scharrenberg
2009-09-21 5:57 ` Patrick Scharrenberg
2009-09-21 15:06 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-09-22 9:00 ` Patrick Scharrenberg
2009-09-22 14:08 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-09-23 7:37 ` Patrick Scharrenberg
2009-09-23 12:09 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-09-23 12:06 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-09-23 19:22 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-23 19:32 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-09-23 20:09 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-23 20:30 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-23 21:24 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-09-23 21:56 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-24 12:44 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-09-24 18:23 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-24 21:36 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-09-24 19:12 ` Patrick Scharrenberg
2009-09-21 14:43 ` Announcing xen/master: pvops git trees rearranged (AMD tests?) Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-09-21 19:25 ` Announcing xen/master: pvops git trees rearranged Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-09-21 19:30 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-21 19:50 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-09-21 20:21 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-21 20:26 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-09-21 20:29 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-21 20:36 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-09-23 13:16 ` Christian Tramnitz
2009-09-23 20:13 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-24 3:17 ` Qing He
2009-09-24 19:38 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-24 8:15 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-09-25 1:44 ` Zhang, Xiantao
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2009-11-12 0:47 ` APIC rework Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-12 1:00 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-12 23:51 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-13 5:27 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-13 7:24 ` Keir Fraser
2009-11-13 23:57 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-14 8:04 ` Keir Fraser
2009-11-16 10:38 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-16 18:37 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-17 3:13 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-17 3:45 ` Keir Fraser
2009-11-17 5:20 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-17 5:44 ` Keir Fraser
2009-11-17 12:46 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-17 13:05 ` Keir Fraser
2009-11-17 14:17 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-17 18:51 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-18 3:37 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-18 14:29 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-11-20 1:47 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-17 19:49 ` Keir Fraser
2009-11-18 3:12 ` Jiang, Yunhong
2009-11-18 3:25 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-18 9:37 ` Keir Fraser
2009-11-24 10:04 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-24 19:25 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-25 1:42 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-24 19:44 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-11-24 23:35 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-25 14:10 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-11-25 19:14 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-30 14:26 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-11-25 2:43 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-25 13:41 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-11-25 15:21 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-25 18:00 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-11-26 11:53 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-30 14:34 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-12-03 2:13 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-12-03 14:38 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-11-25 18:59 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-11-26 1:11 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-18 14:15 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-11-20 1:45 ` Zhang, Xiantao
2009-11-17 5:12 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2009-09-24 13:20 ` Announcing xen/master: pvops git trees rearranged Christian Tramnitz
2009-09-24 17:47 ` Andy Burns
2009-09-24 18:29 ` Thiago Camargo Martins Cordeiro
2009-09-24 19:32 ` Thiago Camargo Martins Cordeiro
2009-09-24 20:00 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-09-24 19:56 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-10-11 15:39 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-10-12 20:02 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-10-14 21:14 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-10-15 20:04 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-10-16 9:01 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-10-20 16:58 ` [drm:r100_ring_test] *ERROR* radeon: ring test failed Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-10-21 11:54 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-10-21 18:31 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-10-21 18:52 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-10-21 19:50 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-10-21 20:22 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-10-27 15:46 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-10-27 17:00 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-10-27 17:30 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-10-27 19:45 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-10-27 19:41 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-10-27 20:18 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-10-27 20:13 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-10-27 20:36 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2010-01-01 17:21 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2010-01-04 13:37 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-01-04 19:42 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2010-01-14 20:05 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-01-15 7:18 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-10-27 20:23 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-12-04 16:07 ` Announcing xen/master: pvops git trees rearranged Stefan Kuhne
2009-12-04 18:58 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2009-12-04 19:27 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
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