From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jan Beulich" Subject: Re: [RFC Design Doc] Add vNVDIMM support for Xen Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:23:36 -0600 Message-ID: <56E9888802000078000DD3F9@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> References: <20160204025526.GA3504@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> <20160215031657.GA8938@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> <56C32A6302000078000D2A1C@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <20160304073030.GC6267@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> <20160316125508.GA9782@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> <56E96ACE02000078000DD241@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <20160316135506.GB9782@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> <56E97A6002000078000DD319@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <20160316145536.GC9782@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: <20160316145536.GC9782@hz-desktop.sh.intel.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: 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