From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
To: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Citrix PV Bus device
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:19:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51EFAA49.6070104@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1372773793-9343-1-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
On 07/02/13 16:03, Paul Durrant wrote:
> This patch introduces a new PCI device which will act as the binding point
> for Citrix branded PV drivers for Xen.
> The intention is that Citrix Windows PV drivers will be available on Windows
> Update and thus using the existing Xen platform PCI device as an anchor
> point is not desirable as that device has been ubiquitous in HVM guests for
> a long time and thus existing HVM guests running Windows would start
> automatically downloading drivers from Windows Update when this may not be
> desired by either the host or guest admin. This device therefore acts as
> an opt-in for those wishing to deploy Citrix PV drivers.
How does this differ from the xen platform pci device, except for the
fact that it has a different PCI ID?
cheers,
Gerd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-24 10:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-02 14:03 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Citrix PV Bus device Paul Durrant
2013-07-02 14:58 ` Peter Maydell
2013-07-02 15:02 ` Paul Durrant
2013-07-24 10:19 ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2013-07-26 9:51 ` Paul Durrant
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2013-07-02 8:39 Paul Durrant
2013-07-02 10:45 ` Andreas Färber
2013-07-02 10:52 ` Paul Durrant
2013-07-02 10:54 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-07-02 10:57 ` Paul Durrant
2013-07-02 11:01 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-07-02 11:10 ` Peter Maydell
2013-07-04 8:37 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-07-02 14:43 ` Anthony Liguori
2013-07-02 15:00 ` Paul Durrant
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