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RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] [Discussion]: dynamic shared_info_va

To: "Tristan Gingold" <Tristan.Gingold@xxxxxxxx>, <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] [Discussion]: dynamic shared_info_va
From: "Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 06:38:35 -0700
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> > Or specify an architected value and provide a hypercall
> > that allows a guest to change it to a different value if
> > it wishes.
> Do you have any usage model for changing hypercall imm value ?
> I can't imagine a reason.  Changing hypercall imm value is 
> not easy: it is 
> almost hard-coded into the code, it is also used in 
> pal/sal/efi stubs and is 
> a domain-wide value.

The problem only occurs if a future version of Linux or
a future non-Linux guest chooses to use the hypercall
break imm value for some other use.

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