Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753693AbZI2Rgw (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:36:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752884AbZI2Rgv (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:36:51 -0400 Received: from smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com ([65.115.85.73]:45991 "EHLO smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752610AbZI2Rgv (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:36:51 -0400 Subject: Re: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI]. From: Alok Kataria Reply-To: akataria@vmware.com To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Chris Wright , Gerd Hoffmann , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , the arch/x86 maintainers , LKML , Jeremy Fitzhardinge , Rusty Russell , "virtualization@lists.osdl.org" , Greg KH , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <4AC24396.4080402@zytor.com> References: <1253233028.19731.63.camel@ank32.eng.vmware.com> <20090919224430.GB9567@kroah.com> <1253419185.3253.21.camel@ank32.eng.vmware.com> <20090920074247.GA5733@elte.hu> <1253647845.10565.20.camel@ank32.eng.vmware.com> <4AB9CE66.1030504@redhat.com> <1254185107.13456.32.camel@ank32.eng.vmware.com> <4AC17018.4040600@zytor.com> <1254193238.13456.48.camel@ank32.eng.vmware.com> <20090929090130.GD3958@sequoia.sous-sol.org> <1254245124.7803.34.camel@ank32.eng.vmware.com> <4AC24396.4080402@zytor.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: VMware INC. Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:36:54 -0700 Message-Id: <1254245814.7803.37.camel@ank32.eng.vmware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-8.el5_2.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1034 Lines: 34 On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 10:27 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 09/29/2009 10:25 AM, Alok Kataria wrote: > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c > > index 31e6f6c..d430e4c 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c > > @@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static inline int __init activate_vmi(void) > > > > pv_info.paravirt_enabled = 1; > > pv_info.kernel_rpl = kernel_cs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK; > > - pv_info.name = "vmi"; > > + pv_info.name = "vmi [deprecated]"; > > > > pv_init_ops.patch = vmi_patch; > > > > > > > > Where is this string used, and could this break something? It is used by default_banner in "arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c", IMO this just prints some info for users, shouldn't break anything. Alok > > -hpa > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/