Re: Re : Wishlist for Xen 4.2

["Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" <singapore.mr.teo.en.ming@gmail.com>]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3656 bytes --]

On 19/03/2012 19:37, David TECHER wrote:
> To ALL
>
> I did my tests for 25070 yesterday And it is Ok for this revision version.
>
> last patches are the same 
> http://www.davidgis.fr/download/xen-4.2_rev24798_gfx-passthrough-patchs.tar.bz2
>
> I've just forgot to update my article for this revision. (done now!).
>
> I will not have time to use Xen processes to submit patches.
>
> HOWEVER in the process of applying my patches, the following commands 
> need to be run so a few files are generated.
>
> ./configure
> make tools
> cd tools
> make clean
> cd ..
>
> then apply patches. t
> hen make xen tools stubdom
> then make install-xen install-tools install-stubdom
>
> So I don't think that applying my patches could be done directly in 
> Xen sources.
> Moreover it depends on the choice done by the user.
>
> As a wise man said "KISS" Keep IT Simple and Stupid.
>
>  -create a directory where to put all patches somewhere in Xen sources
>
> - create a README.first to explain how to use this patches with 
> required commands (see above).
>
>   I can make a resume of my article if required  in the README.first 
> and update the wiki infos if required
>
> This is the simple easy why I found.
>
> We just need to have the specific patches somewhere in the Xen sources 
> because VGA passthrough is something very specific.
>
> Kind regards.
>
> David.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *De :* Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) <singapore.mr.teo.en.ming@gmail.com>
> *À :* Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
> *Cc :* Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 
> <singapore.mr.teo.en.ming@gmail.com>; David TECHER 
> <davidtecher@yahoo.fr>; "xen-devel@lists.xen.org" 
> <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>
> *Envoyé le :* Lundi 19 mars 2012 12h05
> *Objet :* Re: [Xen-devel] Wishlist for Xen 4.2
>
> On 19/03/2012 18:40, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Mon, 2012-03-19 at 10:17 +0000, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:
> >> Dear Xen developers,
> >>
> >> Could you add VGA passthrough to HVM guest patches in Xen 4.2?
> > As previously discussed on xen-devel this requires someone who is
> > interested in this feature to step up and prepare the patches for
> > upstream, posting them per
> > http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/SubmittingXenPatches, taking responsibility for
> > implementing review feedback, reposting etc.
> >
> > I believe David Techer (CCd) was taking on this work but I don't think
> > I've seen any patches yet. David, how is it going? Are we likely to see
> > anything in time for 4.2? The release time table was discussed on
> > xen-devel last week:
> > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-03/msg00793.html
> >
> > Really we need to start seeing patches this week if there is to be any
> > chance of these getting into 4.2.
> >
> > Ian.
> >
> >
> I am very interested in Xen VGA passthrough patches.
>
> David Techer's Xen VGA passthrough website:
>
> http://www.davidgis.fr/blog/index.php?2011/12/07/860-xen-42unstable-patches-for-vga-pass-through
>
> Are his Xen VGA passthrough patches able to work with Xen 4.2-unstable
> CHANGESET 25070? I can observe that his patches only apply up to
> changeset 24888.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-devel mailing list
> Xen-devel@lists.xen.org <mailto:Xen-devel@lists.xen.org>
> http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
>
>
Dear David Techer,

Your instructions are easy to understand.

http://www.davidgis.fr/blog/index.php?2011/12/07/860-xen-42unstable-patches-for-vga-pass-through

Thank you very much.

Yours sincerely,

Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

[-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 9320 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 126 bytes --]

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xen.org
http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel