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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/11] merge some xen bits into

To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/11] merge some xen bits into qemu
From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:53:05 +0100
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Gerd Hoffmann, le Mon 18 Aug 2008 14:45:08 +0200, a écrit :
> Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Well, maybe having a version of the patch that does not convert the code
> > into the qemu identation would help a lot for on-list review.
> 
> Hmm, dunno how to do that best, git-format-patch seems to lack an
> equivalent of "diff -b" ...

In verson 1.5.6.3 at least there is a -b option.

> > Also, would it be possible to just have the backend core and
> > console+framebuffer patches alone?  I don't see why we would need to
> > change xen_machine_pv.c at all.
> 
> To stay closer to upstream?

To limit the amount of changes involved at a time.  If something breaks,
it's easier to know simply from testing a few changesets whether that's
because of this or that.

> > That being said, I guess we should wait for a pull in the qemu-xen tree.
> 
> I'd prefer to not have a patch backlog with tons of unmerged stuff ...

I doubt you'll be able to produce tons of stuff until that happens.

Samuel

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