Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-02 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> > But I am looking at the xen-fbfront.c driver and it might be that > > I had already fixed this issue! (inadvertly it seems) > > > > 51c71a3bbaca868043cc45b3ad3786dd48a90235 > > Author: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk > > Date: Tue Nov 26 15:05:40 2013 -0500 > > > > xen/pvhvm: If xen_platform_pci

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-02 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 11:29:46AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 03:13:53PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 15:02 +0100, Stefano Stabell

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 11:29:46AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 03:13:53PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 15:02 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrot

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Roger Pau Monné
El 01/07/15 a les 12.56, Stefano Stabellini ha escrit: > On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Roger Pau Monné wrote: >> El 01/07/15 a les 12.29, Stefano Stabellini ha escrit: >>> Given that xen-fbfront is likely to go away for HVM guests, I wouldn't >>> be opposed to stop the driver initialization in Linux on x86/H

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Fabio Fantoni
Il 01/07/2015 12:55, Roger Pau Monné ha scritto: El 01/07/15 a les 12.29, Stefano Stabellini ha escrit: Given that xen-fbfront is likely to go away for HVM guests, I wouldn't be opposed to stop the driver initialization in Linux on x86/HVM. Unless Roger's work on HVMlite is going to need xen-fbf

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Roger Pau Monné wrote: > El 01/07/15 a les 12.29, Stefano Stabellini ha escrit: > > Given that xen-fbfront is likely to go away for HVM guests, I wouldn't > > be opposed to stop the driver initialization in Linux on x86/HVM. Unless > > Roger's work on HVMlite is going to need xe

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Roger Pau Monné
El 01/07/15 a les 12.29, Stefano Stabellini ha escrit: > Given that xen-fbfront is likely to go away for HVM guests, I wouldn't > be opposed to stop the driver initialization in Linux on x86/HVM. Unless > Roger's work on HVMlite is going to need xen-fbfront again, but in that > case we'll be able t

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-07-01 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 03:13:53PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 15:02 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 12:21 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 03:13:53PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 15:02 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 12:21 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > > On

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 15:02 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 12:21 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 18:59 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > > On T

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 12:21 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 18:59 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 12:21 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 18:59 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16:39 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > > On T

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 18:59 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16:39 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Wei Liu wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 18:59 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16:39 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Wei Liu wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09:50AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > > Wh

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-29 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16:39 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Wei Liu wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09:50AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > When QEMU restricts its xenstore connection, it cannot provide PV > > > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-25 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16:39 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Wei Liu wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09:50AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > When QEMU restricts its xenstore connection, it cannot provide PV > > > backends. A separate QEMU instance is required to

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-16 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, Wei Liu wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09:50AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > When QEMU restricts its xenstore connection, it cannot provide PV > > backends. A separate QEMU instance is required to provide PV backends in > > userspace, such as qdisk. With two separat

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/6] libxl: do not add a vkb backend to hvm guests

2015-06-16 Thread Wei Liu
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:09:50AM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > When QEMU restricts its xenstore connection, it cannot provide PV > backends. A separate QEMU instance is required to provide PV backends in > userspace, such as qdisk. With two separate instances, it is not > possible to take ad