Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] qemu-trad: xenstore: use relative path for device-model node

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wei Liu writes ("Re: [PATCH] qemu-trad: xenstore: use relative path for 
device-model node"):
> On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 05:47:08PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > 
> > I think you mean:
> > ...
> 
> So far so good.
> 
> >   QEMU traditional stubdom was broken by #### and is still broken in
> >   -unstable, so this incompatible change is not a regression.
> > 
> 
> It's complicated.
> 
> QEMU traditional stubdom was broken by a0731cca "ioreq-server: on-demand
> creation of ioreq server" in 4.5. Currently there is a workaround in
> -unstable dd748d12 "x86/hvm: wait for at least one ioreq server to be
> enabled" (which should be backported to 4.5). QEMU traditional stubdom
> works with that workaround in -unstable but it's not ideal situation.

Right.  So that means that this patch needs to go in at the same time
as the corresponding libxl change.

> This incompatible change is not a regression because we don't change the
> protocol 4.5 uses. We will only use the new protocol for -unstable.

I meant, is it a regression in -unstable from earlier -unstable ?

And the answer is that unless both libxl and qemu change at the same
time, it would be a regression in -unstable ?

Ian.

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