Re: [Xen-devel] HYBRID naming [Was: Re: [HYBRID]: status update...]

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/08/12 17:53, Matt Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 09:21:57AM -0700, George Dunlap wrote:
> > Hmm -- that's an interesting issue I hadn't thought of. "PVHVM" has 
> > already been sort of taken by Stefano's extensions to allow Linux 
> > kernels booted in HVM mode to use some of the PV extensions. I tend 
> > to think "xen_pvh_domain()" is probably OK, but maybe calling it 
> > "pvext" (or "pvhext") in the code, and "PVH" in documentation / 
> > stories? Just using "pvext" everywhere could work as well; it's a 
> > little bit "now even better!", but not as much as pvplus. 
> How about HAPV, for "Hardware Assisted Paravirtualization"? It's
> nicely pronounceable as "hap-vee" and follows the general
> "hardware-assisted paging" (HAP) Xen terminology that spans both Intel
> EPT and AMD RVI. 'if (xen_hapv_domain())'
Wouldn't "HAPV" make people think more of HAP than of PV?  It seems like 
it would be much more confusing to distinguish "hapv" from "hap" than 
"pvh" from "pv". :-)
 -George

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