Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for-xen-4.5 v4 00/18] xen: Break multiboot (v1) dependency and add multiboot2 support

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 23.10.14 at 13:14, <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2014, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> The size alone is not the reason. As already said, I'm not convinced
>> that the approach you use is ultimately the right one (and Andrew
>> seems to agree, at least to some degree). And then, looking at your
>> track record, apart from some kexec (and even older tool stack)
>> work there hasn't been much you've been doing earlier particularly
>> with the kind of fragile initial boot code.
> 
> I am sorry Jan, but no track record is required to make a good
> contribution, no matter the code it touches. It has never been the case
> and I hope that it will never be.

And I didn't say it's required (otherwise I wouldn't have, in that
same reply, suggested that a simpler form of what is wanted is
likely going to be fine). But it helps acceptance, especially when
(partly) hard to review things are being proposed.

Jan


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