Re: [Xen-devel] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/6] save/restore on Xen

[Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 24 Jan 2012, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 01/24/2012 12:21 PM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> But viewing RAM as just another device, having Xen only restore a
> > >>> subset of
> > >>> devices should be a reasonable thing to do moving forward.
> >
> > I don't think modeling device memory (i.e. vga vram) as something
> > independent from the device (vga) is a good idea.  Because it isn't.
> 
> Right.  We should have VMSTATE_RAM() to express the dependency.

So if I understand correctly you are planning on removing the call to
vmstate_register_ram_global in hw/vga.c?
In that case it might be better if I wait for your "VMSTATE_RAM" patch
before I can send a new patch to save only non-RAM devices, because I
guess they will clash with one another.

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