Re: [Xen-devel] blktap2 and CONFIG_XEN_BLKBACK_PAGEMAP

[Daniel Stodden <daniel.stodden@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 20:53 -0400, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 07/16/2010 01:16 PM, Daniel Stodden wrote:
> > Yes. That code has been there forever and then got carried over from
> > blktap1 to blktap2, basically as-is. Even to pvops, where it's probaby
> > broken. Empirical proof that nobody is using blktap2 with
> > autotranslation, at least not on recent kernels.
> >
> > I guess it's going to stay there until autotranslation either gets more
> > en vogue again or evaporates altogether.
> >   
> 
> auto_translate_physmap will come back if people want to use EPT/NPT with
> PV guests.

Ah. I always thought that's going to be rather the replacement. Rather
than being synonymous in the kernel sources. Now that you say it, it
might make sense. :)

Daniel


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