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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/13] xen: pv domain builder.

To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/13] xen: pv domain builder.
From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:00:08 -0400
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Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Ian Jackson, le Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:42:11 +0100, a écrit :
>> Gerd Hoffmann writes ("[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/13] xen: backend driver core"):
>> > This patch adds infrastructure for xen backend drivers living in qemu,
>> > so drivers don't need to implement common stuff on their own.  It's
>> > mostly xenbus management stuff: some functions to access xentore,
>> > setting up xenstore watches, callbacks on device discovery and state
>> > changes, handle event channel, ...
>> 
>> These kind of patches are rather troublesome I'm afraid.
>
> The one above should be fine I think (and the relevant console/pvfb
> refactoring, which Mark seemed happy to see).
>
> Samuel

Yes, I'm endorsing it.  Factoring out the generic backend core makes
lots of sense, and the resulting PVFB code is cleaner and easier to
understand.

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