Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [patch 2/4 v2] ioemu: Do slot parsing inside of next_bdf

[Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:43:46AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Simon Horman writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [patch 2/4 v2] ioemu: Do slot 
> parsing inside        of next_bdf"):
> > It depends what you mean by an old xend (do you have a particular
> > version in mind) and I will need to re-check, but I don't think
> > that those changes break compatibility.
> 
> I just meant that since you were submitting corresponding patches to
> xen-unstable and qemu-xen-unstable, I was worried that you might
> introduce a cross-version incompatibility.  Reviewing the parsing code
> by eye didn't reassure me so I thought I'd ask.
> 
> I'm trying to be better about keeping version-skewed versions of the
> trees compatible, as not doing so makes many things much more
> difficult.  Anyway, thanks for the reassurance in this and your next
> message.

Thanks for the clarification. I don't believe that any of the patches that
I have posted but haven't been applied break compatibility between
xen-unstable and qemu-xen-unstable.

In future I will try and be better about noting when any
incompatibilities are introduced.

-- 
Simon Horman
  VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., Sydney, Australia Satellite Office
  H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/             W: www.valinux.co.jp/en


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