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Re: [Xen-devel] new -xen.c files in sparse tree

To: Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] new -xen.c files in sparse tree
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:12:16 +0000
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On 9/2/07 1:16 am, "Horms" <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> IMHO there are two many ways of cooking this egg.
> 
>   Patch vs Sparse + ifdef XEN vs separate file
> 
> Finding the code can be kind of tricky,
> and working out the best way to implement a change seems to be a black art.
> 
> Can't this be simplified?
> 
> (I'll refrain from saxing axe sparse... oops, I didn't)

Getting rid of the Linux tree from xen-unstable, and maintaining a full
Linux repo in its place, is still planned for the next release.

 -- Keir



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