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Re: [Xen-devel] regression with c/s 21223

To: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] regression with c/s 21223
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 19:12:10 +0100
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On 07/05/2010 14:37, "Jim Fehlig" <jfehlig@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Way outside my comfort zone with xend I'm afraid. Do you think we need
>> explicit differentiation between tap and tap2?
>>   
> 
> That is certainly an approach we are considering for our Xen 4.0-based
> packages - see attached patch.  As mentioned previously, we are not yet
> supporting blktap2 so such a change seems appropriate in our case.

Does that simple patch really "just work"? I suppose it really just punts
the tap2 issues, unless we also get rid of the tap2-falls-back-to-tap1
logic?

 -- Keir

> I'm hoping some of the folks that integrated blktap2 in xend can provide
> suggestions.



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