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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH/RFC] xensetup rework

To: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH/RFC] xensetup rework
From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:23:49 -0600
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On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 15:45 +0900, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> Hello Alex.
> Currently the area of dom0kernel and initrd aren't freed after they are
> copied into dom0 speudo physical address space.
> Would it become easier to free those area with this patch?

Hi Isaku,

   I don't think it changes anything with respect to freeing them.  This
only changes how they get moved around to make space for the xenheap
area.  Do we necessarily want to free them?  If we wanted to support
dom0 restart we might need them around.  Thanks,

        Alex

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Alex Williamson                             HP Open Source & Linux Org.


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