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Date:   Fri, 19 May 2023 14:58:57 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86: always initialize xen-swiotlb when
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On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 01:49:46PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > The alternative would be to finally merge swiotlb-xen into swiotlb, in
> > which case we might be able to do this later.  Let me see what I can
> > do there.
> 
> If that is an option, it would be great to reduce the special-cashing.

I think it's doable, and I've been wanting it for a while.  I just
need motivated testers, but it seems like I just found at least two :)