Re: [PATCH] xen: make (set|get)_xen_guest_handle available

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com>]

On 30/07/2009 11:34, "Christoph Egger" <Christoph.Egger@amd.com> wrote:

>> Actually I don't see why you'd have code like this. *You*, the guest, gets
>> to specify __XEN_INTERFACE_VERSION__ -- that is the point of it -- so
>> ifdef'ing based on it in the guest is stupid.
>> 
>> Just specify __XEN_INTERFACE_VERSION__ to be recent enough to have the
>> guest handles, and then remove your ifdefs. Simple.
> 
> The point is to keep backward compatibility. The patch makes Xen more friendly
> with using the old non-structured guest handler if the user wants.
> 
> NetBSD offers both way to build & run it with either using the old or new
> interface. This allows a smooth migration.

Am I going to regret asking: Why? You only need to pick one API version
(__XEN_INTERFACE_VERSION__) -- the resulting binaries will work with any Xen
3.x (since we guarantee ABI compatibility).

 -- Keir