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Re: [Xen-devel] 2MB page PV guest support clarification

To: "Mick.Jordan@xxxxxxx" <Mick.Jordan@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] 2MB page PV guest support clarification
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:34:44 +0000
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On 02/03/2009 16:23, "Mick Jordan" <Mick.Jordan@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 02/28/09 03:12, Keir Fraser wrote:
>> Oracle already got their code checked in. You have to specify
>> 'allowhugepage' on Xen's command line to enable it. It has limitations, such
>> as save/restore doesn't work.
>> 
>>  -- Keir
>> 
>>   
> Checked into xen-unstable I presume and not, say 3.3.x? So what stable
> release will this make it into?

3.4.0. It's not generally useful enough to get backported to 3.3 branch. And
if the extra support to make it useful does get checked into xen-unstable,
it's almost certainly then going to be too invasive for 3.3 branch.

 -- Keir



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