Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934625Ab2JXJoj (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:44:39 -0400 Received: from nat28.tlf.novell.com ([130.57.49.28]:55417 "EHLO nat28.tlf.novell.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934576Ab2JXJoi convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:44:38 -0400 Message-Id: <5087D4A102000078000A3E23@nat28.tlf.novell.com> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 12.0.0 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:44:33 +0100 From: "Jan Beulich" To: "Ian Campbell" Cc: "Stefano Stabellini" , "xen-devel" , "Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk" , "mukesh.rathor@oracle.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V5] PVH patches for v3.8. References: <1351015931-16991-1-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com> <5087B13402000078000A3CBB@nat28.tlf.novell.com> <1351071279.2237.126.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> In-Reply-To: <1351071279.2237.126.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1362 Lines: 33 >>> On 24.10.12 at 11:34, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 08:13 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> > include/xen/interface/memory.h | 29 ++++++- >> > include/xen/interface/physdev.h | 10 ++ >> >> ... any changes to the hypervisor interface (didn't look in detail >> what is being changed in these two headers) should first be in >> at least -unstable before being consumed in any official release >> imo. > > I'd also like to see at least the interface definitions in the h/v tree > if not the implementation right away. > > The flip side is that we have agreed that the interfaces are not > considered set in stone / stable until we've had a chance to review the > implementation, so perhaps it is better not to commit them to > xen-unstable.hg right away. > > I don't know what the right answer is. Perhaps we should at a minimum > reserve the subop numbers even if we don't yet define what they mean in > the Xen tree. But even then - what use is it to have 3.8 possibly only work on some intermediate (perhaps even just privately built) hypervisors? Jan -- 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/