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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [RFC][PATCH] Big endian PV-domU support

To: Dietmar Hahn <dietmar.hahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [RFC][PATCH] Big endian PV-domU support
From: Tristan Gingold <tgingold@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:57:35 +0100
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On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 12:02:22PM +0100, Dietmar Hahn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> with the attached patch I want to start with big endian support in ia64xen 
> for 
> PV domU's.
> All my changes are within
> #if defined(SUPPORT_PV_BE_DOMU)
> ...
> #endif
> To get this compiled in, the SUPPORT_PV_BE_DOMU flag has to be set in 
> xen/include/asm-ia64/config.h or similar.
> 
> Whith this patch I'am able to run the big-endian mini-os beside a 
> little-endian mini-os.
> Please have a look and send comments, whether this is of interest and may 
> find 
> a way into the xensource.
Good work.
I simply think the SUPPORT_PV_BE_DOMU macro should be removed.  This feature is
safe and the macro only makes the code harder to read.

Tristan.

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