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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/11] libxl: Per-domain data storage for the con

To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 08/11] libxl: Per-domain data storage for the convenience of the library user
From: Vincent Hanquez <vincent.hanquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:41:09 +0000
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On 26/03/10 10:34, Ian Jackson wrote:
xl is a caller of libxl and is intended as the replacement for
xm/xend.  You may have noticed that this was part of the point of
libxl ?

Do whatever suit you in xl, not in libxl.

libxl is a generic low level operation layer for toolstacks to use, the change your are proposing are making it harder|impossible to have one day XCP running on top of libxl.

XCP doesn't need a "locking" mechanism that use the name in xenstore for migration.

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Vincent

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