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[Xen-devel] Re: [patch 15/21] Xen-paravirt: Add Xen interface header fil

To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [patch 15/21] Xen-paravirt: Add Xen interface header files
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:10:50 -0800
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Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>   
>> Add Xen interface header files. These are taken fairly directly from
>> the Xen tree and hence the style is not entirely in accordance with
>> Linux guidelines. There is a tension between fitting with Linux coding
>> rules and ease of maintenance.
>>
>> Define macros and inline functions for doing hypercalls into the
>> hypervisor.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>> --
>>  include/asm-i386/hypercall.h          |  416 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/asm-i386/hypervisor.h         |   72 +++++
>>     
>
> Are hypercall.h and hypervisor.h generic or are they Xen specific.
> If they are Xen specific (as it appears) then are inappropriately
> named.
>   

Thanks for the reminder; I've been meaning to move/rename these.

>>  include/xen/interface/arch-x86_32.h   |  187 +++++++++++++
>>     
> Why isn't this file include-asm-i386/xen/arch-x86_32.h ?
>   

Those files are more or less directly copied from the Xen tree, and its
easier if they don't drift too far in name and directory structure.

    J

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