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

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 12:41:19PM +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> 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". :-)
> 

HAPV sounds like Highly Available PV.. not very good :)

-- Pasi


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