WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-devel

Re: Re: Re: [Xen-devel] Proposal for init/kexec/hotplug format for Xen

To: harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Re: Re: [Xen-devel] Proposal for init/kexec/hotplug format for Xen
From: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:32:40 +1100
Cc: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx>, Xen Mailing List <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Delivery-date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:34:18 +0000
Envelope-to: xen+James.Bulpin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <16565043.1109596138579.JavaMail.www@wwinf3101>
List-archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=xen-devel>
List-help: <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help>
List-id: List for Xen developers <xen-devel.lists.sourceforge.net>
List-post: <mailto:xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
List-subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe>
References: <16565043.1109596138579.JavaMail.www@wwinf3101>
Sender: xen-devel-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 14:08 +0100, harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> You are thinking about the code differences from the point of view of
> the code running inside the domain.  What about the code outside the
> domain, for example, is the code required to remove a device from one
> domain and give it to another going to have to be different depending
> on whether the target domain has been booted yet?

Fundamentally true, because you can't send a hotplug event to a domain
which hasn't been booted yet.  Whatever your mechanism, the this
difference has to be handled at some level, and I don't think the
difference in transport makes it harder.

Cheers,
Rusty.
-- 
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver -- Richard Braakman



-------------------------------------------------------
SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.
Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click
_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel