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RE: [Xen-devel] Re: user/hypervisor address space solution

To: "Hollis Blanchard" <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Re: user/hypervisor address space solution
From: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:05:20 +0800
Cc: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>, Jimi Xenidis <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>From: Hollis Blanchard
>Sent: 2006年2月14日 19:13
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>
>I don't know what implications this could have for ia64, since they suck
>in so much Linux code... but perhaps that Linux code isn't the stuff
>that deals with userland, so might not have uaccess users.
>[...]

Regarding this area to access domain parameters, IA64 should be OK since 
xen/ia64 shares same virtual address space (i.e same ASN) with domain, thus 
able to access pointer passed in directly. Linux style uaccess interfaces can 
easily work for xen/ia64 in this aspect.

Thanks,
Kevin

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