From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Cooper Subject: Re: [Draft A] Boot ABI for HVM guests without a device-model Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:18:06 +0100 Message-ID: <5578390E.1090700@citrix.com> References: <55782EB8.1060708@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta3.messagelabs.com ([195.245.230.39]) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2ftW-0000vi-MH for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:18:14 +0000 In-Reply-To: <55782EB8.1060708@citrix.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: =?UTF-8?B?Um9nZXIgUGF1IE1vbm7DqQ==?= , xen-devel Cc: Elena Ufimtseva , Ian Campbell , Stefano Stabellini , Tim Deegan , Jan Beulich , Boris Ostrovsky List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org 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