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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen, fbfront: fix connecting to backend
To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
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From: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
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On 23/03/17 14:37, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 23.03.17 at 13:52, <jgross@suse.com> wrote:
>> Connecting to the backend isn't working reliably in xen-fbfront: in
>> case XenbusStateInitWait of the backend has been missed the backend
>> transition to XenbusStateConnected will trigger the connected state
>> only without doing the actions required when the backend has
>> connected.
> 
> Looks like xen-kbdfront does exactly the same - shouldn't it also be
> changed then?

I posted that patch 2 days ago. :-)


Juergen