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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/10] linux 2.6.18: COMPAT_VDSO

To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/10] linux 2.6.18: COMPAT_VDSO
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:42:37 +0000
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On 5/3/07 11:14, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This adds support for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO. As this will certainly raise
> questions, I left in the code needed for an alternative approach (which
> requires mode C code, but less build script changes).

I thought COMPAT_VDSO meant that the VDSO had to be mapped at a fixed
location at top of memory, which is impossible when running on Xen?

 -- Keir


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