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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Patch] the interface of invalidating qemumapcache 
| To: | "Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@xxxxxxxxx>,	Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Cui, Dexuan" <dexuan.cui@xxxxxxxxx>,	"Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |  
| Subject: | Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Patch] the interface of invalidating qemumapcache |  
| From: | Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |  
| Date: | Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:43:08 +0000 |  
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On 27/1/07 3:27 pm, "Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Why are we triggering this with an ioport access rather than just
>> adding a new message type between xen and qemu-dm? The latter seems
>> rather cleaner.
>> 
>> Ian
> 
> Since qemu-dm is reponsible for I/O events, I think it's natural (i.e.
> kind of chipset featrue) to construct and send an I/O event to qemu-dm
> to trigger mapcache invalidation. It does not mean the guest needs to
> use an I/O instruction, but our plan is that Xen sends a mapcache
> invalidation message and it's implemented as an I/O event for HVM
> guests.
If Xen is going to trigger the mapcache zap then the additions to the
pv-on-hvm driver package itself doesn't make much sense.
 -- Keir
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