[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH]: mini-os cleanup and big-endian stuff
On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 07:11 +0100, Dietmar Hahn wrote: > Am Montag, 12. MÃrz 2007 19:48 schrieb Alex Williamson: > > > By the way: how about the big-endian stuff in mini-os. After the > > > discussion with Keir the mini-os maintainer Gregor Milos opened a way > > > getting that stuff into the common mini-os sources. > > > (http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-ia64-devel/2007-03/msg00003 > > >.html) If there is an interest on the list, I would try to write some > > > wrappers. Otherwise I would send a patch to cleanup all that big-endian > > > stuff from ia64 part of mini-os. > > > > I think BE support is nice to have around, but as Gregor mentions, > > without some test code or a viable BE PV domain it would likely bit rot > > very quickly. Even with test code, someone needs to run it regularly. > > If you're up for that, I'll support keeping it in the tree. Thanks, > > > > Alex > As I mentioned, we are working on a BE PV domain, so I'am up for that stuff. > Thanks for keeping it in the tree. Hi Dietmar, I didn't get the impression that you intended to open source the BE PV OS you're working on. Is that not the case? I think there needs to be some way to regression test with an open source code base (test suite or OS). Thanks, Alex -- Alex Williamson HP Open Source & Linux Org. _______________________________________________ Xen-ia64-devel mailing list Xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-ia64-devel
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