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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xc: deal with xen/evtchn and xen/gntdev device n

To: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xc: deal with xen/evtchn and xen/gntdev device names
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:01:51 +0100
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On 04/06/2010 10:55, "Ian Campbell" <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> If so I think that's an argument for propagating the removal of this
>>> functionality into stable trees sooner rather than later rather than
>>> papering over the craziness for even longer.
> 
> Keir has applied my patch so I'll keep an eye out for fallout and
> suggest it for backporting to the stable branch when it looks like we've
> gotten away with it.

Any fallout should be dealt with by getting users to set up proper udev
rules, I'm sure. I backported to 4.0 for 4.0.1, so I have confidence. ;-)

 -- Keir



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