From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.osdl.org,
xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>,
Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@xensource.com>,
Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 13/33] Add a new head.S start-of-day file for booting on Xen.
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:13:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44BD40F4.2060307@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1153217196.3038.28.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> I didn't see much of this last sentence in the actual patch, which is
> good, because I just don't see any reason to do that at all; if they
> features are there anyway, why not preserve their detection, it's not
> hurting and it means you need to be less different "just because"...
>
mach-xen/head.S is simpler than kernel/head.S, partly because it doesn't
contain the CPU identification and feature tests (cpuid is assumed,
though ironically, we don't actually use it).
J
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-18 22:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 101+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-18 9:18 [RFC PATCH 00/33] Xen i386 paravirtualization support Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 01/33] Add apply_to_page_range() function Chris Wright
2006-07-18 10:38 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-07-18 19:29 ` Chris Wright
2006-07-20 6:17 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 02/33] Add sync bitops Chris Wright
2006-07-18 9:56 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 10:18 ` Keir Fraser
2006-07-19 12:54 ` Andi Kleen
2006-07-18 10:34 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 03/33] Add nosegneg capability to the vsyscall page notes Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 04/33] Add XEN config options and disable unsupported config options Chris Wright
2006-07-18 9:59 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 10:21 ` Keir Fraser
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 05/33] Makefile support to build Xen subarch Chris Wright
2006-07-18 10:00 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 11:40 ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-18 20:41 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-07-18 20:15 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 06/33] Add Xen interface header files Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 07/33] Hypervisor " Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 08/33] Add vmlinuz build target Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 09/33] Add start-of-day setup hooks to subarch Chris Wright
2006-07-18 10:03 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 20:49 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-07-20 6:07 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-07-20 12:10 ` Keir Fraser
2006-07-20 13:27 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 10/33] add support for Xen feature queries Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 11/33] Add Xen-specific memory management definitions Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 12/33] Change __FIXADDR_TOP to leave room for the hypervisor Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 13/33] Add a new head.S start-of-day file for booting on Xen Chris Wright
2006-07-18 10:06 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 20:13 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 14/33] subarch support for controlling interrupt delivery Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 15/33] move segment checks to subarch Chris Wright
2006-07-18 10:09 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 11:28 ` Zachary Amsden
2006-07-18 19:06 ` Rusty Russell
2006-07-18 19:25 ` Chris Wright
2006-07-18 20:00 ` [Xen-devel] " Rusty Russell
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 16/33] Add support for Xen to entry.S Chris Wright
2006-07-18 10:11 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 20:04 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-07-18 19:17 ` Rusty Russell
2006-07-18 20:43 ` Chris Wright
2006-07-18 23:03 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-07-19 5:30 ` Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 17/33] Support loading an initrd when running on Xen Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 18/33] Subarch support for CPUID instruction Chris Wright
2006-07-18 10:14 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 10:26 ` Keir Fraser
2006-07-18 10:38 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 11:33 ` Zachary Amsden
2006-07-18 20:46 ` David Miller
2006-07-18 21:00 ` Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 19/33] Support gdt/idt/ldt handling on Xen Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 20/33] subarch support for interrupt and exception gates Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 21/33] subarch support for control register accesses Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 22/33] subarch stack pointer update Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 23/33] subarch TLB support Chris Wright
2006-07-18 20:39 ` David Miller
2006-07-18 21:00 ` Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 24/33] Add support for Xen event channels Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 25/33] Implement timekeeping for Xen Chris Wright
2006-07-25 2:49 ` john stultz
2006-07-25 20:05 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 26/33] subarch suport for idle loop (NO_IDLE_HZ for Xen) Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 27/33] Add the Xen virtual console driver Chris Wright
2006-07-18 10:24 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 10:31 ` Keir Fraser
2006-07-27 15:05 ` Hollis Blanchard
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 28/33] Add Xen grant table support Chris Wright
2006-07-19 10:04 ` [Xen-devel] " Harry Butterworth
2006-07-25 18:30 ` Hollis Blanchard
2006-07-25 18:45 ` Keir Fraser
2006-07-25 19:06 ` Segher Boessenkool
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 29/33] Add Xen driver utility functions Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 30/33] Add the Xenbus sysfs and virtual device hotplug driver Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 31/33] Add Xen subarch reboot support Chris Wright
2006-07-20 6:16 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 32/33] Add the Xen virtual network device driver Chris Wright
2006-07-18 10:27 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 10:35 ` Keir Fraser
2006-07-18 10:42 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 12:18 ` Dave Boutcher
2006-07-18 12:39 ` jamal
2006-07-18 13:08 ` Herbert Xu
2006-07-18 13:25 ` John Haller
2006-07-18 15:22 ` Herbert Xu
2006-07-18 15:44 ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-07-19 3:55 ` Herbert Xu
2006-07-18 20:42 ` David Miller
2006-07-18 21:09 ` Chris Wright
2006-07-18 7:00 ` [RFC PATCH 33/33] Add Xen virtual block " Chris Wright
2006-07-18 10:34 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-18 20:57 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-07-18 13:01 ` Dave Boutcher
2006-07-18 16:25 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-07-18 19:28 ` Chris Wright
2006-07-18 21:22 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
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