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[Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH][1/6] add a hypercall number for virtual device i

To: "Xiaofeng Ling" <xiaofeng.ling@xxxxxxxxx>, "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH][1/6] add a hypercall number for virtual device in unmodified guest
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 11:56:40 +0100
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> Subject: [PATCH][1/6] add a hypercall number for virtual 
> device in unmodified guest
> 
> add a hypercall number for virtual device in unmodified guest 
> There are 6 patches for para-driver support in vmx guest. 
> This is the first one.

Xiaofeng,

Please can you write a few paragraphs describing the xen-side changes. I
thought we were going to have a separate hypercall table for hvm guests,
but it looks like you've not gone down this route. Please can you
describe your approach to simplify the review.

Thanks,
Ian

> Signed-off-by: Xiaofeng Ling <xiaofeng.ling@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arun Sharma <arun.sharma@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> diff -r 287d36b46fa3 xen/arch/x86/x86_32/entry.S
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_32/entry.S     Tue Aug 30 20:36:49 2005
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_32/entry.S     Fri Sep  2 22:46:13 2005
> @@ -812,6 +812,7 @@
>           .long do_ni_hypercall       /* 25 */
>           .long do_mmuext_op
>           .long do_acm_op             /* 27 */
> +        .long do_virtual_device_op       /* virutal device 
> op for VMX */
>           .rept NR_hypercalls-((.-hypercall_table)/4)
>           .long do_ni_hypercall
>           .endr
> 
> 

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