From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bhupinder Thakur Subject: Re: Xen ARM - Exposing a PL011 to the guest Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:36:50 +0530 Message-ID: References: <86800697-5057-3f14-c19f-151e81315133@arm.com> <20161201102618.GA10384@cbox> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Stefano Stabellini Cc: Wei Liu , Steve Capper , Ian Jackson , Xen Devel , Julien Grall , Christoffer Dall List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org SGksCgpUaGUgaWRlYSBpcyBmb3IgWGVuIHRvIGFjdCBhcyBhbiBpbnRlcm1lZGlhcnkgYXMgc2hv d24gYmVsb3c6CgogICAgICAgICAgICAgICByaW5nIGJ1ZmZlcnMKICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAg ICAgICAgICAgcngvdHggZmlmbwpkb20wIDwtLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tPiBYZW4gSFlQIChy dW5uaW5nIHBsMDExIGVtdWxhdGlvbikKPC0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0+IGRvbVUKICAgICAg 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