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From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Subject: [ofa-general] Re: [RFC] Notifier for Externally Mapped Memory (EMM)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:53:17 +0200
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Robin Holt wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 07:09:55AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
>> Isn't that out of the question for .25?
>>     
>
> I keep hearing this mantra.  What is so compelling about the .25
> release?  When seems to be more important than what.  While I understand
> product release cycles, etc. and can certainly agree with them. I would
> like to know with what I am being asked to agree.
>
>   

kvm gained the ability to swap in 2.6.25.  Without mmu notifiers, 
though, the guest can still easily pin all of its memory.

> That said, I agree we should probably finish getting the comments on
> Andrea's most recent patch, if any, cleared up and put that one in.
>   

Great.  Thanks.

-- 
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