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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [RFC][PATCH] Big endian PV-domU support


  • To: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>
  • From: Dietmar Hahn <dietmar.hahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:01:39 +0100
  • Cc: Xen-ia64-devel <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi Alex,

Am Donnerstag, 22. Februar 2007 19:17 schrieb Alex Williamson:
> On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 10:13 +0100, Dietmar Hahn wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 22. Februar 2007 05:57 schrieb Tristan Gingold:
> > > Good work.
> > > I simply think the SUPPORT_PV_BE_DOMU macro should be removed.  This
> > > feature is safe and the macro only makes the code harder to read.
> > >
> > > Tristan.
> >
> > Thanks Tristan.
> > Attached is a new patch without the SUPPORT_PV_BE_DOMU macro.
>
>    Seems simple and safe enough for me.  If we can keep the interfaces
> clean, I don't see why we shouldn't support BE domains.  I applied this,
> maybe it will help justify the common code changes.  Thanks,
>
>       Alex

many thanks for applying this. I will start a new, hopefully better, attempt 
to get the mini-os for bi-endianness running, so everybody can test this 
feature.
Is it ok to send a patch for the domain-loader to xen-devel, to get BE domains 
started?
Thanks again.

Dietmar.

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