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[Xen-devel][PATCH]Nvram patch for IA64

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Subject: [Xen-devel][PATCH]Nvram patch for IA64
From: "Huang, Xinmei" <xinmei.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:04:53 +0800
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Nvram emulation is for IA64.
Note that Nvram Option in is also prerequisite when creating a Vti domain.
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From: Alex Williamson [mailto:alex.williamson@xxxxxx] 
Sent: 2006年10月16日 5:18
To: Huang, Xinmei
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Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel][PATCH]Nvram patch

On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 14:37 +0800, Huang, Xinmei wrote:
> Hi all,
> Nvram emulation solution is that: Qemu uses one file to emulate nvram.
> Qemu would load/save relevant content from/to nvram file when GFW sends
> command through I/O port.
> Nvram option is added in config file to specify a per-domain nvram file
> path, which can't be shared by different domains. Nvram file would be
> created if non-existent.
> A new GFW which supports nvram emulation is prerequisite.

   This looks good, but it's mainly adding new functionality to common
code.  Other architectures may wish to leverage this work too.  I think
it should therefore be submitted to xen-devel.  Thanks,

        Alex

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Alex Williamson                             HP Open Source & Linux Org.

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