From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
To: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>,
Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@citrix.com>,
xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, konrad.wilk@oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3.1 00/15] Initial PVHv2 Dom0 support
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:43:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e0ae0894-c6c1-db2f-a775-5e14d9ab15ee@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6822749a-6e4a-aa02-412a-2a37edad178a@oracle.com>
On 31/10/16 14:35, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>
>
> On 10/29/2016 04:59 AM, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
>> (resending as v3.1, it seems like I need to figure out how to
>> properly use
>> msmtp with git send-email because on the last try only the cover letter
>> was actually sent).
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is the first batch of the PVH Dom0 support eries, that includes
>> everything up to the point where ACPI tables for he Dom0 are crafted.
>> I've
>> decided to left the last part of the series (the ne that contains the
>> PCI
>> config space handlers, and other mulation/trapping related code)
>> separated,
>> in order to focus and ease the review. This is f course not
>> functional, one
>> might be able to partially boot a Dom0 kernel if t doesn't try to access
>> any physical device.
>>
>> Another reason for splitting this series is so hat I can write a proper
>> design document about how this trapping is going o work, and what is it
>> supposed to do, because during the last review ound I got the feeling
>> that
>> some comments where not really related to the ode itself, but to what
>> I was
>> trying to achieve, so it's best to discuss them n a design document
>> rather
>> than mixed up with code.
>
>
> Given that we are dropping PVHv1 support from Linux and the fact that
> v1 has always been a tech preview (or some such) should we drop it now?
>
> The is_pvh_domain() is getting more and more confusing.
+1 for dropping all the PVHv1 remnants from Xen.
Perhaps the start of 4.9 is the best time to flip this switch.
~Andrew
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Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-29 8:59 [PATCH v3.1 00/15] Initial PVHv2 Dom0 support Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 01/15] xen/x86: remove XENFEAT_hvm_pirqs for PVHv2 guests Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-31 16:32 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-03 12:35 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-03 12:52 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-03 14:25 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-11-03 15:05 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-03 14:22 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-11-03 15:01 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-03 15:43 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 02/15] xen/x86: fix return value of *_set_allocation functions Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-29 22:11 ` Tim Deegan
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 03/15] xen/x86: allow calling {sh/hap}_set_allocation with the idle domain Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-31 16:34 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-01 10:45 ` Tim Deegan
2016-11-02 17:14 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-03 10:20 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-03 10:33 ` Tim Deegan
2016-11-03 11:31 ` Jan Beulich
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 04/15] xen/x86: assert that local_events_need_delivery is not called by " Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-31 16:37 ` Jan Beulich
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 05/15] x86/paging: introduce paging_set_allocation Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-31 16:42 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-01 10:29 ` Tim Deegan
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 06/15] xen/x86: split the setup of Dom0 permissions to a function Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-31 16:44 ` Jan Beulich
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 07/15] xen/x86: do the PCI scan unconditionally Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-31 16:47 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-03 10:58 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-03 11:35 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-03 11:54 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2016-11-29 12:33 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-29 12:47 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-29 12:57 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-30 5:53 ` Tian, Kevin
2016-11-30 9:02 ` Jan Beulich
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 08/15] x86/vtd: fix mapping of RMRR regions Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-04 9:16 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-04 9:45 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-04 10:34 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-04 12:25 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-04 12:53 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-04 13:03 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-04 13:16 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-04 15:33 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-04 16:13 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-04 16:19 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-04 17:08 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-04 17:25 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-07 8:36 ` Jan Beulich
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 09/15] xen/x86: allow the emulated APICs to be enabled for the hardware domain Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-04 9:19 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-04 9:47 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-04 10:21 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-04 12:09 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-04 12:50 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-04 13:06 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 10/15] xen/x86: split Dom0 build into PV and PVHv2 Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-11 16:53 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-16 18:02 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-17 10:49 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-28 17:49 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-29 9:34 ` Jan Beulich
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 11/15] xen/mm: introduce a function to map large chunks of MMIO Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-11 16:58 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-29 12:41 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-29 13:00 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-29 15:32 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-11 20:17 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 12/15] xen/x86: populate PVHv2 Dom0 physical memory map Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-11 17:16 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-28 11:26 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-28 11:41 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-28 13:30 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-28 13:49 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-28 16:02 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-29 8:59 ` [PATCH v3.1 13/15] xen/x86: parse Dom0 kernel for PVHv2 Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-11 20:30 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-11-28 12:14 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-29 9:00 ` [PATCH v3.1 14/15] xen/x86: hack to setup PVHv2 Dom0 CPUs Roger Pau Monne
2016-10-29 9:00 ` [PATCH v3.1 15/15] xen/x86: setup PVHv2 Dom0 ACPI tables Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-14 16:15 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-30 12:40 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-30 14:09 ` Jan Beulich
2016-11-30 14:23 ` Roger Pau Monne
2016-11-30 16:38 ` Jan Beulich
2016-10-31 14:35 ` [PATCH v3.1 00/15] Initial PVHv2 Dom0 support Boris Ostrovsky
2016-10-31 14:43 ` Andrew Cooper [this message]
2016-10-31 16:35 ` Roger Pau Monne
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