Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/2] Fix SMBios table regressions in HVM guests

[Keir Fraser <keir.xen@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 29/08/2013 20:20, "Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The series "HVM firmware passthrough" series in Jan 2013 from Ross Philipson
> cause two regressions for HVM guests which sadly found their way into the Xen
> 4.3 release.
> 
> The first regression causes an incorrect count of tables to be placed in the
> main header, and can be seen by running dmidecode in any applicable HVM
> domain.
> 
> The second regression found its way into the public ABI, making it harder to
> fix.  However, I believe (and have argued) that the correct fix is to change
> the ABI.  I would appreciate thoughts/comments.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ross Philipson <ross.philipson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>



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