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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Allow mini-os to unbind all evtchns

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Allow mini-os to unbind all evtchns
From: Dietmar Hahn <dietmar.hahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:26:41 +0100
Cc: Jacob Gorm Hansen <jacobg@xxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Grzegorz Milos <gm281@xxxxxxxxx>
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Am Mittwoch, 29. November 2006 13:25 schrieb Keir Fraser:
> ...
> It looked bogus to me. What if event channels are bound/unbound/bound
> multiple times during the mini-os lifetime (can't happen right now, but
> maybe in future). The port array will overflow. Perhaps it should be a
What does it means "maybe in future"?
Has it to do with:
> On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 13:27 +0100, Jacob Gorm Hansen wrote:
>> ...
>> ports unbound. This is necessary when using mini-os as the foundation
>> for a boot-loader.
Can anybody give me a hint!
Thanks.

Dietmar.

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