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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 09:56:00AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 04/23/2014 07:24 AM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> >>
> >> Konrad - I really could use some help figuring out what needs to be done
> >> for this not to break Xen.
> > 
> > This does break Xen PV:
> > 
> 
> I know it does.  This is why I asked for help.

This week is chaotic for me but I taking a stab at it. Should have
something by the end of the week on top of your patch.

> 
> This is fundamentally the problem with PV and *especially* the way Xen
> PV was integrated into Linux: it acts as a development brake for native
> hardware.  Fortunately, Konrad has been quite responsive to that kind of
> problems, which hasn't always been true of the Xen community in the past.

Thank you for such kind words!

I hope that in Chicago you will be have a chance to meet other folks that
are involved in Xen and formulate a similar opinion of them.

Cheers!

> 
> 	-hpa
>