From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: George Dunlap Subject: Re: [PATCH for-4.9] livepatch: Declare live patching as a supported feature Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 18:20:31 +0100 Message-ID: <19a49667-21fb-b073-14c0-2be8175563ec@citrix.com> References: <20170626153650.23017-1-ross.lagerwall@citrix.com> <41e01f96-bd1f-0a42-ad93-9e9c0bfd4b86@citrix.com> <17a0503e-6a26-d445-14d6-cb0bab029db8@citrix.com> <9da894d0-9592-b334-d0e0-46648a4295c8@citrix.com> <99b2f1db-84c7-1421-dd3d-56b1f5a539a2@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <99b2f1db-84c7-1421-dd3d-56b1f5a539a2@citrix.com> Content-Language: en-US List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Ross Lagerwall , Andrew Cooper , xen-devel@lists.xen.org Cc: Lars Kurth , Stefano Stabellini , Wei Liu , George Dunlap , Ian Jackson , Julien Grall , Jan Beulich List-Id: 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