From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jan Beulich" Subject: Re: [RFC Design Doc v2] Add vNVDIMM support for Xen Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2016 03:47:44 -0600 Message-ID: <57A1D9E002000078001021C9@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> References: <20160718002912.rva5n5jbrezdchwx@hz-desktop> <57A0CE580200007800101E09@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <20160803065420.fprppr2jhhxl5ehi@hz-desktop> <57A1CB4E0200007800102110@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <20160803093713.5ydxavzsmj2x5353@hz-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20160803093713.5ydxavzsmj2x5353@hz-desktop> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Haozhong Zhang Cc: Juergen Gross , Kevin Tian , Stefano Stabellini , Wei Liu , George Dunlap , Andrew Cooper , Ian Jackson , "xen-devel@lists.xen.org" , Jun Nakajima , Xiao Guangrong List-Id: 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