Re: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI].

H. Peter Anvin
2009-09-29T17:30:31Z

On 09/29/2009 10:25 AM, Alok Kataria wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c
> index 31e6f6c..d430e4c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c
> @@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static inline int __init activate_vmi(void)
>
> pv_info.paravirt_enabled = 1;
> pv_info.kernel_rpl = kernel_cs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK;
> - pv_info.name = "vmi";
> + pv_info.name = "vmi [deprecated]";
>
> pv_init_ops.patch = vmi_patch;
>
>
>

Where is this string used, and could this break something?

-hpa