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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 5/24] i386 Vmi code patching

from [Chris Wright] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 5/24] i386 Vmi code patching
From: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:40:25 -0800
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* Andi Kleen (ak@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> The disassembly stuff indeed doesn't look like something
> that belongs in the kernel.

Strongly agreed.  The strict ABI requirements put forth here are not
in-line with Linux, IMO.  I think source compatibility is the limit of
reasonable, and any ROM code be in-tree if something like this were to
be viable upstream.

thanks,
-chris

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