From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jan Beulich" Subject: Re: [RFC Design Doc] Add vNVDIMM support for Xen Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2016 09:52:48 -0600 Message-ID: <5707E1E002000078000E611B@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> References: <56EA9D6502000078000DDBC1@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <20160317124428.GA9842@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> <56EAB83D02000078000DDDDD@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <20160317132948.GB9842@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> <22250.47250.669593.414961@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <20160317142118.GC9842@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> <20160329084735.GB3650@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> <56FA62F302000078000E0C25@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <20160329101036.GC3650@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> <56FA79E502000078000E0D36@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <20160408050245.GI3881@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20160408050245.GI3881@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: 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