From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43238) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V1wAr-00050q-93 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:20:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V1wAq-0000Vh-AV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:20:01 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:24112) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V1wAq-0000Ua-2b for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:20:00 -0400 Message-ID: <51EFAA49.6070104@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:19:53 +0200 From: Gerd Hoffmann MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1372773793-9343-1-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com> In-Reply-To: <1372773793-9343-1-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Citrix PV Bus device List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Paul Durrant Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, xen-devel@lists.xen.org On 07/02/13 16:03, Paul Durrant wrote: > This patch introduces a new PCI device which will act as the binding point > for Citrix branded PV drivers for Xen. > The intention is that Citrix Windows PV drivers will be available on Windows > Update and thus using the existing Xen platform PCI device as an anchor > point is not desirable as that device has been ubiquitous in HVM guests for > a long time and thus existing HVM guests running Windows would start > automatically downloading drivers from Windows Update when this may not be > desired by either the host or guest admin. This device therefore acts as > an opt-in for those wishing to deploy Citrix PV drivers. How does this differ from the xen platform pci device, except for the fact that it has a different PCI ID? cheers, Gerd