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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Handle older Xen save files where arbytes are in

To: John Levon <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Handle older Xen save files where arbytes are in the wrong format.
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:17:04 +0000
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On 12/02/2009 18:04, "John Levon" <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 01:45:50PM +0000, Tim Deegan wrote:
> 
>> Yes -- sorry, I thought I'd already sent this patch.
> 
> What happens with a new-format image on an old Xen?

Doesn't work, but we don't support that anyway. You'd be scuppered by
various other save-format upgrades quite apart from this unintentional one.

 -- Keir



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