Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Add grant references for fbfront/kbdfront

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 17:55 +0000, Daniel De Graaf wrote: 
> On 01/07/2011 11:51 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 11:12:56AM -0500, dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> This series fixes the interface for the fbfront and kbdfront devices,
> >> which were storing MFNs in xenstore rather than creating grant table
> >> entries. To maintain backwards compatibility, a different xenstore key
> >> is used (page-gref instead of page-ref) and the use of grants must be
> >> requested for fbfront (because two levels of page references are
> >> embedded within the shared page). This makes it possible to move a
> >> display server out of dom0 without giving the display domain full
> >> access to other domain's memory.
> > 
> > So these patches go on top of  xen/stable-2.6.32 tree right?
> >
> 
> They apply to either 2.6.32 or 2.6.37; I have tested them on both.

Are there matching backend patches somewhere?

Ian.

> 
> >>
> >> [PATCH 1/3] xen-fbfront: Read width/height from backend
> >>    Note: Not directly related, just used by display server.
> >> [PATCH 2/3] xen-fbfront: Use grant references when requested
> >> [PATCH 3/3] xen-kbdfront: Add grant reference for shared page
> >>
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> 
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