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Date:   Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:41:59 -0700
From:   "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@suse.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 6/7] xen/pvh: Add memory map pointer to
 hvm_start_info struct
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>>>> Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> 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@oracle.com>
>
>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