Il 14/06/2013 04:50, Paul Durrant ha scritto: >> > This patch is problematic because we can't know for sure the version of >> > upstream QEMU that is going to be used with Xen. >> > If we apply this patch and QEMU 1.5 is going to be used with Xen 4.2, >> > guests won't be able to use PV drivers. >> > > Is there not a compatibility matrix? The hardcoded init. is just blatantly > the wrong thing to be doing and it needs to go. > > Could my accompanying toolstack patch not be backported to the next 4.2 > release as mitigation?
I think Ian is right. You should revert the toolstack patch and not apply this one for now. Then aim at using "-M pc" in 4.4 (and require 1.6 or 1.7), so that there is no need for a compatibility matrix. Paolo
