Re: [RFC PATCH v4 6/7] xen/pvh: Add memory map pointer to hvm_start_info struct

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Thu Mar 01 2018 - 02:42:11 EST


>>>> Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> 03/01/18 8:29 AM >>>
>On 28/02/18 19:28, Maran Wilson wrote:
>> The start info structure that is defined as part of the x86/HVM direct boot
>> ABI and used for starting Xen PVH guests would be more versatile if it also
>> included a way to pass information about the memory map to the guest. This
>> would allow KVM guests to share the same entry point.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Maran Wilson <maran.wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>I'm fine with this, but we need this change being accepted by the Xen
>community first. So an Ack from Jan or Andrew is required as the same
>change should be done on Xen side.

And for an ack to be given I continue to demand that a patch be sent against
the Xen tree. That said, the change looks fine to me now (as indicated before).

Jan