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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-API] [PATCH 2 of 4] xc: split xc non-upstream b

To: Vincent Hanquez <vincent.hanquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-API] [PATCH 2 of 4] xc: split xc non-upstream bindings into xcext module
From: Gianni Tedesco <gianni.tedesco@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:42:41 +0000
Cc: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 14:36 +0000, Vincent Hanquez wrote:
> On 18/11/10 10:50, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > # HG changeset patch
> > # User root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > # Date 1290004595 18000
> > # Node ID be3de1c0aa0687ef9fa6ad2ac5cfa1a74fb14484
> > # Parent  cdd93d37eb6036e9901ecc0cd1f949901ff1aea4
> > xc: split xc non-upstream bindings into xcext module.
> >
> > move anything which is not provided by upstream libxc and the
> > associated ocaml bindings in a separate xcext library to ease
> > replacement of xc library by upstream version.
> >
> > Some of this functionality could potentially be upstreamed straight
> > away but other bits rely on stuff from the XCP hypervisor patch queue.
> >
> > One change of not is that Xcext.hvm_check_pvdriver expects that domid is 
> > always
> > an HVM domain. This matches the existing callsites (and the name) and 
> > reduces
> > cross talk between xc and xcext.
> >    
> 
> This is breaking xiu. as i said before the xc C library in XCP is 
> different than the one in opensource;
> There's an injection layer that give the ability to catch stuff and 
> redirect them to userspace, where
> we can simulate lots of things. Last time i checked this was still used 
> by a bunch of people for testing.

Is this not suitable for upstreaming?

Gianni


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