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Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH][RESEND] PV drivers for HVM guests

To: "Ky Srinivasan" <ksrinivasan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH][RESEND] PV drivers for HVM guests
From: Doi.Tsunehisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:12:18 +0900
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Hi,

You (ksrinivasan) said:
> We intend  to maintain the source for the unmodified drivers separately
> in our source tree. The idea is that this will track the official xen
> source tree; we would apply the patch to target this source for a
> particular unmodified guest target. This would eliminate the need to
> carry the compatibility baggage in the pristine unmodified driver code.

  I understand that it has to be separated from xen source tree for
maintenacne as products. But I think that we should avoid to fork the
source tree. Because its code structure is not stable, I think.

  What do you think about ?

Thanks,
- Tsunehisa Doi

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