* why was XENMEM_translate_gpfn_list removed @ 2010-08-25 23:59 Ian Zhang 2010-08-26 7:28 ` Keir Fraser 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Ian Zhang @ 2010-08-25 23:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Xen-devel Why was XENMEM_translate_gpfn_list removed in Xen 4.0. How to achieve similar purpose in HVM? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: why was XENMEM_translate_gpfn_list removed 2010-08-25 23:59 why was XENMEM_translate_gpfn_list removed Ian Zhang @ 2010-08-26 7:28 ` Keir Fraser 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Keir Fraser @ 2010-08-26 7:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: yzhang.unc@gmail.com, Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com On 26/08/2010 00:59, "Ian Zhang" <yzhang.unc@gmail.com> wrote: > Why was XENMEM_translate_gpfn_list removed in Xen 4.0. How to achieve > similar purpose in HVM? It's not needed, since all hypercalls on an HVM guest refer to guest pseudo-physical addresses. Keeping translate_gpfn_list just encouraged lazy programmers to design bad hypervisor interfaces. -- Keir > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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