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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] /sys/hypervisor/uuid

To: "Jeremy Katz" <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] /sys/hypervisor/uuid
From: "Christian Limpach" <christian.limpach@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 16:44:18 +0100
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Xen devel list <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx>, Christian Limpach <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 5/22/06, Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 14:24 +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:
> Well, the bottom line is: I will apply the uuid patch for sysfs if you
> want it. But don't be surprised if the whole lot goes in the bin at
> some point when we have the inevitable fight with the kernel
> maintainers. In contrast, libxs presents a stable supported interface.

I really think the "do transactions via xenstore in domU" is going to
have as much or more of a fight involved.

Could you maybe find out?  It's a bit odd to decide to add an
additional interface just based on speculation?  Especially when the
added interface is a lot less generic than the already existing one.

   christian

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