Re: [Xen-devel] why was XENMEM_translate_gpfn_list removed

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 26/08/2010 00:59, "Ian Zhang" <yzhang.unc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Why was XENMEM_translate_gpfn_list removed in Xen 4.0. How to achieve
> similar purpose in HVM?

It's not needed, since all hypercalls on an HVM guest refer to guest
pseudo-physical addresses. Keeping translate_gpfn_list just encouraged lazy
programmers to design bad hypervisor interfaces.

 -- Keir

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