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Re: [Xen-devel] blktap2 updates

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] blktap2 updates
From: Daniel Stodden <daniel.stodden@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 17:40:14 -0800
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On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 19:42 -0500, Daniel Stodden wrote:
> Please pull upstream/xen/dom0/backend/blktap2 at
>       git://xenbits.xensource.com/people/dstodden/linux.git

Revoke. Could use some further improvements and I'd like to at least fix
some missing comments, and maybe modify stuff according to Ian's input.
I'll resend it then.

Thanks,
Daniel

> Summary:
> 
>  - Move blktap to drivers/block
>    - Takes a .config update setting BLK_DEV_TAP
>    - Redo the ABI definitions, in linux/blktap.h
> 
>  - Some prerequisites for new commands, such as cache flushing and
>    trim support. Plus more device configuration driven from userspace,
>    such as setting physical sector sizes.
> 
>  - a new CREATE_DEVICE ioctls to flag extensions, like the above
>    mentioned ones.
> 
>  - Bugfix from Dominic Curran (Fix reference to freed struct request).



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