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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/2] PV framebuffer

To: Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/2] PV framebuffer
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:32:47 +0000
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On 13/11/06 13:09, "Markus Armbruster" <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> We're waiting to hear from lanana before switching to xvc. I re-submitted
>> the allocation request two weeks ago (31st October). I haven't heard
>> anything yet. I suppose since static device nodes in /dev are rare these
>> days (since everyone moved to udev) we can just squat on some device number
>> for the time being, or settle for requesting a dynamic one at boot time and
>> require use of udev for anyone who cares about the device node. We already
>> settled for that with /dev/xen/evtchn, for example.
> 
> What do you want me to do here for the short term?  Drop the patch
> hunk and let you sort it out?

It doesn't seem to have much to do with the paravirt fb patch, so probably
it should be dropped.

 -- Keir


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