From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:15:46 +0000 Subject: Re: re-writing on powerpc Message-Id: <4D0654C2.3000709@redhat.com> 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 12/13/2010 07:12 PM, 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. Well, it's the right thing IMO. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function