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* [patch 00/21] Xen-paravirt: Xen guest implementation for paravirt_ops interface
@ 2007-02-16  2:24 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge @ 2007-02-16  2:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andi Kleen
  Cc: Andrew Morton, linux-kernel, virtualization, xen-devel,
	Chris Wright, Zachary Amsden

Hi Andi,

This patch series implements the Linux Xen guest in terms of the
paravirt-ops interface.  The features in implemented this patch series
are:
 * domU only
 * UP only (most code is SMP-safe, but there's no way to create a new vcpu)
 * writable pagetables, with late pinning/early unpinning
   (no shadow pagetable support)
 * supports both PAE and non-PAE modes
 * xen console
 * virtual block device (blockfront)
 * virtual network device (netfront)

The patch series is in two parts:

1-12: cleanups to the core kernel, either to fix outright problems,
      or to add appropriate hooks for Xen
13-21: the Xen guest implementation itself

I've tried to make each patch as self-explanatory as possible.  The
series is based on git changeset
ec2f9d1331f658433411c58077871e1eef4ee1b4 +
x86_64-2.6.20-git8-070213-1.patch.

Changes since the previous posting:
- rebased
- addressed review comments:
 - deal with missing vga hardware better
 - deal with Andi's comments
 - clean up header file placement
 - update netfront, and move it into drivers/net

I looked at linking in xen-head.S rather than including it into
xen-head.S, but it seems to provoke linker bugs, so I've left it as-is
for now.

Thanks,
	J

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2007-02-16  2:24 [patch 00/21] Xen-paravirt: Xen guest implementation for paravirt_ops interface Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24 ` [patch 01/21] Xen-paravirt: Fix typo in sync_constant_test_bit()s name Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24 ` [patch 02/21] Xen-paravirt: ignore vgacon if hardware not present Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24 ` [patch 03/21] Xen-paravirt: Add pagetable accessors to pack and unpack pagetable entries Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24 ` [patch 04/21] Xen-paravirt: =================================================================== Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  9:12   ` Andi Kleen
2007-02-16  9:12     ` Andi Kleen
2007-02-16 17:32     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 17:32       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24 ` [patch 05/21] Xen-paravirt: paravirt_ops: hooks to set up initial pagetable Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24 ` [patch 06/21] Xen-paravirt: paravirt_ops: allocate a fixmap slot Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24 ` [patch 07/21] Xen-paravirt: remove ctor for pgd cache Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  6:04   ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16  6:04     ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16  8:39   ` Pekka Enberg
2007-02-16  9:19     ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-16 17:19       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 17:19         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 20:33   ` Christoph Lameter
2007-02-16 23:33     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 23:33       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24 ` [patch 08/21] Xen-paravirt: Allow paravirt backend to choose kernel PMD sharing Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24 ` [patch 09/21] Xen-paravirt: Allow paravirt backend to select PGD allocation alignment Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24 ` [patch 10/21] Xen-paravirt: add hooks to intercept mm creation and destruction Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:24   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  6:34   ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  6:34     ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  6:55     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  6:55       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-22 20:16   ` Pavel Machek
2007-02-22 20:21     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-22 20:21       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-22 20:23     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-22 20:23       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25 ` [patch 11/21] Xen-paravirt: Add apply_to_page_range() which applies a function to a pte range Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  6:37   ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  6:37     ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  7:06     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:06       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:19       ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  7:19         ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  7:23         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:23           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:31     ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-16  7:31       ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-16  2:25 ` [patch 12/21] Xen-paravirt: Allocate and free vmalloc areas Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  6:43   ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  6:43     ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  7:08     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:08       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:24       ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  7:24         ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  7:30         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:30           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:49           ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  7:49             ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  9:18           ` Andi Kleen
2007-02-16  9:18             ` Andi Kleen
2007-02-16 11:10             ` [Xen-devel] " Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 11:10               ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 11:34               ` [Xen-devel] " Andi Kleen
2007-02-16 11:34                 ` Andi Kleen
2007-02-16 11:10             ` [Xen-devel] " Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 11:10             ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 16:46             ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 16:46               ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 17:10               ` [Xen-devel] " Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 17:10                 ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 17:12                 ` [Xen-devel] " Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 17:12                 ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 17:12                   ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 17:27                   ` [Xen-devel] " Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 17:27                     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 19:06                     ` [Xen-devel] " Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 19:06                     ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 19:06                     ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 19:06                       ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 19:19                       ` [Xen-devel] " Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 19:19                         ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 19:26                         ` [Xen-devel] " Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 19:26                           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 23:29                           ` [Xen-devel] " Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 23:29                             ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 23:41                             ` [Xen-devel] " Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 23:41                               ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 17:12                 ` [Xen-devel] " Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 17:26                 ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-02-16 17:26                   ` Hollis Blanchard
2007-02-16 17:10               ` [Xen-devel] " Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 17:10               ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16  7:48         ` Nick Piggin
2007-02-16  2:25 ` [patch 13/21] Xen-paravirt: Add nosegneg capability to the vsyscall page notes Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  6:06   ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16  6:06     ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16  2:25 ` [patch 14/21] Xen-paravirt: Add XEN config options and disable unsupported config options Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  6:14   ` Dan Hecht
2007-02-16  7:04     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:04       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:52       ` Dan Hecht
2007-02-16  8:05         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  8:05           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  8:37           ` Dan Hecht
2007-02-16 10:49             ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 10:49             ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 10:49             ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 10:49               ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16  7:06     ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  7:06       ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  7:25       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:25         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 10:09         ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 10:09           ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 10:19           ` [Xen-devel] " Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16 10:19             ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16 10:44             ` [Xen-devel] " Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 10:44               ` Keir Fraser
2007-02-16 10:55               ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16 10:55                 ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-17  4:04             ` [Xen-devel] " Rusty Russell
2007-02-17  4:04               ` Rusty Russell
2007-02-16  6:15   ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16  6:15     ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16  7:33     ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-02-16  7:33       ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-02-16  8:14       ` Ian Campbell
2007-02-16  8:14         ` Ian Campbell
2007-02-16  8:24         ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-02-16  8:24           ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-02-16  8:31           ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16  8:31             ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16 13:53       ` [Xen-devel] " Gerd Hoffmann
2007-02-16 13:53         ` Gerd Hoffmann
2007-02-18 11:32     ` Avi Kivity
2007-02-18 11:32       ` Avi Kivity
2007-02-16  2:25 ` [patch 15/21] Xen-paravirt: Add Xen interface header files Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25 ` [patch 16/21] Xen-paravirt: Core Xen implementation Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25 ` [patch 17/21] Xen-paravirt: Add the Xen virtual console driver Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  6:48   ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  6:48     ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  2:25 ` [patch 18/21] Xen-paravirt: Add Xen grant table support Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  6:52   ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  6:52     ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  6:58     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  6:58       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25 ` [patch 19/21] Xen-paravirt: Add the Xenbus sysfs and virtual device hotplug driver Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25 ` [patch 20/21] Xen-paravirt: Add Xen virtual block device driver Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25 ` [patch 21/21] Xen-paravirt: Add the Xen virtual network " Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  2:25   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  6:59 ` [patch 00/21] Xen-paravirt: Xen guest implementation for paravirt_ops interface Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  6:59   ` Andrew Morton
2007-02-16  7:20   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16  7:20     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 20:49 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-02-16 21:04   ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16 21:04     ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16 21:13     ` Christoph Lameter
2007-02-16 21:48       ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16 21:48         ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-16 21:59         ` Christoph Lameter
2007-02-16 21:59           ` Christoph Lameter
2007-02-16 22:10           ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-17 13:51           ` Andi Kleen
2007-02-17 13:51             ` Andi Kleen
2007-02-21 18:37             ` Christoph Lameter
2007-02-21 18:55               ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-21 18:55                 ` Zachary Amsden
2007-02-21 20:02               ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-21 20:02                 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-17  5:05         ` Rusty Russell
2007-02-17  5:05           ` Rusty Russell
2007-02-16 23:49   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-16 23:49     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-02-17  4:58   ` Rusty Russell
2007-02-17  4:58     ` Rusty Russell

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