From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lars Kurth Subject: Re: [PATCH for-4.9] livepatch: Declare live patching as a supported feature Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 08:09:02 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20170626153650.23017-1-ross.lagerwall@citrix.com> <20170626210709.GC8071@char.us.oracle.com> <6eb72057-ec8e-b248-f659-f4291e33b981@arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <6eb72057-ec8e-b248-f659-f4291e33b981@arm.com> Content-Language: en-US Content-ID: <2A69FFF1D1782A4AB118C6175E47437F@citrix.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Julien Grall , Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Cc: Stefano Stabellini , Wei Liu , Andrew Cooper , George Dunlap , "xen-devel@lists.xen.org" , Ross Lagerwall , Jan Beulich , Ian Jackson List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org 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