Re:Re:[Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 0/6] Xen PV on HVM fixes andimprovements

[Stefano Stabellini]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, topperxin wrote:
> AtÂ2011-03-03Â23:05:09ï"StefanoÂStabellini"Â<stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Âwrote:
> 
> >OnÂThu,Â3ÂMarÂ2011,ÂtopperxinÂwrote:
> >>ÂHiÂstefano,
> >>Â
> >>ÂÂÂÂIt'sÂveryÂgreatÂofÂyourÂwork.IÂthinkÂit'tÂusefulÂ
> >>ÂtoÂme,ÂIÂhaveÂcheckedÂitÂout,ÂandÂIÂwillÂstudyÂit.
> >>ÂÂÂWhatÂIÂcareÂmostlyÂisÂtheÂpv-on-hvmÂdrivers,ÂnowÂ
> >>ÂmyÂmainÂworkÂisÂportÂpvonhvmÂdriversÂtoÂvariousÂguest
> >>ÂOS,ÂnoÂmatterÂwhatÂOSÂversion,ÂsuchÂasÂubuntuÂ10.10,Â
> >>ÂdebianÂ505Âetc.ÂButÂIÂfoundÂthisÂworkÂisÂdifficultÂ&Â
> >>ÂboringÂtoÂme,ÂIÂcan'tÂfindÂaÂgeneralÂmethodÂwhichÂcanÂ
> >>ÂeasilyÂportÂtheÂpvonhvmÂdriversÂtoÂallÂkindsÂguestÂos.
> >>ÂDoÂyouÂhaveÂanyÂgoodÂideas?
> >
> >PVÂonÂHVMÂisÂupstreamÂnow,ÂsoÂitÂisÂjustÂaÂmatterÂofÂtimeÂbeforeÂallÂthe
> >distrosÂwillÂhaveÂaÂkernelÂthatÂsupportsÂPVÂonÂHVMÂoutÂofÂtheÂbox.
> >
> >
> >>ÂÂÂÂIÂfoundÂthereÂareÂnotÂplatform-pciÂsourceÂinÂyourÂ
> >>Âproject,ÂasÂweÂknow,ÂinÂtheÂoldÂpvonhvmÂdriversÂversion,
> >>Âplatform-pciÂmoduleÂisÂimportant,ÂitÂwasÂusedÂtoÂestablish
> >>ÂtheÂcommunicationÂmechanism,ÂsuchÂasÂxenbus,Âevtchn,etc,Â
> >>ÂcouldÂyouÂpleaseÂtellÂmeÂhowÂcanÂyouÂgetÂridÂofÂit?ÂandÂhowÂ
> >>ÂcanÂyouÂsubstituteÂplatform-pci,ÂwithÂwhich?
> >
> >YesÂthereÂis:
> >drivers/xen/platform-pci.c
> 
> 1.sorry, I can't find platform-pci.c in your release source.
> 2.6.38-rc5-pvhvm
> 2.another question is when I make; make install under 2.6.38-rc5-pvhvm
> I found the version number change from 2.6.38 to 2.6.34 under 
> /lib/modules/2.6.34-rc1
> why?

you must be working on the wrong tree :)