[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xc: deal with xen/evtchn and xen/gntdev device names
On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 17:09 +0100, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > On 06/02/2010 02:29 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 17:35 +0100, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > > I don't think we need a flag day. It seems like we already ship a udev > > rule (in tools/hotplug/Linux/xen-backend.rules) which correctly > > created /dev/xen/evtchn with the current kernel and which is apparently > > unnecessary (but harmless) with the proposed kernel change. > > > > My main concern is that an old libxc will screw anyone with new kernel > and udev. Is it any more likely to screw them with a new kernel than with an old one? If so I think that's an argument for propagating the removal of this functionality into stable trees sooner rather than later rather than papering over the craziness for even longer. Ian. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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