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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 02/12] xen/hvmlite: Factor out common
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On 22/01/16 21:35, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> HVMlite guests (to be introduced in subsequent patches) share most
> of the kernel initialization code with PV(H).

Where possible, HVMlite should share initialization with bare metal/HVM
and not PV(H).

Sharing any code with the existing PVH code isn't useful, since PVH
support will be removed.

David