From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?Um9nZXIgUGF1IE1vbm7DqQ==?= Subject: Re: [Hackathon minutes] PV block improvements Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:20:19 +0200 Message-ID: <51CC5833.7070605@citrix.com> References: <519F81E1.8030203@citrix.com> <51C48923.1040808@citrix.com> <20130621180721.GA32653@u109add4315675089e695.ant.amazon.com> <51C54E18.6020303@citrix.com> <1372175600.18901.57.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> <1372246649.7337.57.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> <51CC44FE.2020903@eu.citrix.com> <1372342865.8976.7.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1372342865.8976.7.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Ian Campbell Cc: George Dunlap , Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk , xen-devel , Matt Wilson , Stefano Stabellini List-Id: 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