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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI].
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:27:50 -0700
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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