From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefano Stabellini Subject: Re: [RFC 0/5] xen/arm: support big.little SoC Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:45:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <20160919083619.GA16854@linux-7smt.suse> <97d77bdb-2f4e-e89a-95b9-8aacb56eebc0@suse.com> <1474305482.4393.42.camel@citrix.com> <1474325742.4393.78.camel@citrix.com> <1474332846.4393.153.camel@citrix.com> <20160920100331.GB8084@linux-u7w5.ap.freescale.net> <4c52141f-a6a4-a0b1-dced-f799b592481e@arm.com> <61196660-df7c-7324-2fb6-cfb11f44ea1e@arm.com> <39623498-bb30-4ff7-f075-219487a5afbb@arm.com> <6bd7d587-f9ba-c3bf-db96-46a2958d9e5b@arm.com> <1ae3ca04-2fdd-531f-7cb1-0b3ab80feccb@arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1ae3ca04-2fdd-531f-7cb1-0b3ab80feccb@arm.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Julien Grall Cc: Juergen 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