RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][RESEND] Control panel changes for IA64/VTI

["Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>]

>From: Keir Fraser [mailto:Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: 2005年10月23日 16:15
>
>On 23 Oct 2005, at 04:53, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>
>> BTW, the reason for an ia64 specific get_pfn_list (by Matt) is that
>> machine pages for domain on ia64 are allocated on demand. So there's
>> requirement for parameters to contain start_pfn and nr_pages so that
>> Xen can allocate necessary pages for that specific range. On x86 side,
>> since all the pages are allocated when domain creation, get_pfn_list
>> is aimed to query once for all pages and so the parameter can be only
>> nr_pages. Just the background here. ;-)
>
>We could have a common interface then. All the uses of get_pfn_list in
>common or x86 code will have start_pfn==0.

OK. I can do it later when there's no other requirement for an ia64 specific 
version. I believe that can be done just after current domU enable on ia64 will 
get solved at hand.

>
>The patches look okay, although the Python bits aren't particularly
>pretty.
>
>  -- Keir

Sorry for bad Python skill. ;-) So Dan, please help check in.

Thanks,
Kevin

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