From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: George Dunlap Subject: On setting clear criteria for declaring a feature acceptable (was "vmx: VT-d posted-interrupt core logic handling") Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 16:23:20 +0000 Message-ID: <56E04DF8.5000801@citrix.com> References: <1456714816-3876-1-git-send-email-feng.wu@intel.com> <1456714816-3876-2-git-send-email-feng.wu@intel.com> <20160304220031.GA28111@char.us.oracle.com> <20160307155304.GD5402@localhost.localdomain> <56DEBF4B.7060606@citrix.com> <56DF00D902000078000DA7C1@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <56DF066B.3090106@citrix.com> <56DF195902000078000DA8C1@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <56DF1C3E.1070101@citrix.com> <56E0359702000078000DAD52@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <56E0359702000078000DAD52@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: 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