Re: [V2 PATCH 0/8]: PVH dom0....

[Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@oracle.com>]

On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 18:06:43 +0000
"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@suse.com> wrote:

> >>> George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com> 11/26/13 6:21 PM >>>
> >On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
> >wrote:
> >>>>> On 25.11.13 at 11:57, Roger Pau Monné<roger.pau@citrix.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>> On 25/11/13 11:49, George Dunlap wrote:
> >>>> * What is the risk that the new interfaces will turn out to be a
> >>>> bad fit or difficult to support going forward?
> >>>
> >>> But I don't think this applies to PVH Dom0, the DomU interface has
> >>> already been marked as experimental, and subject to change. The
> >>> same applies here, Dom0 PVH interface would be considered
> >>> experimental.
> >>
> >> Actually I don't think we were viewing it that way - with 4.4 out,
> >> consumers should be permitted to make use of the interfaces
> >> even if the implementation is still experimental. If we didn't
> >> stick to the interfaces once they're in a release, proper consumers
> >> couldn't appear (i.e. the Linux patch set would not be able to
> >> be pushed into Linus'es tree).
> >
> >Right; but this is an argument against checking it in for 4.4.
> >
> >If Mukesh wants the non-final stuff to be checked into Xen, I think
> >we have to agree not to push the Linux side until it's something we
> >can agree to support.
> 
> Actually my earlier comment was meant to be on the DomU side only.
> And I said elsewhere that there's not really any new interface in the
> Dom0 code presented so far, so checking that it wouldn't nail down
> anything that isn't already nailed down due to DomU support.
> 
> Jan

Correct, for everything Jan has said in this thread.

Mukesh


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