Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Dec 2004 02:26:27 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: arch/xen is a bad idea |
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Hi!
> > BTW if you merge xen as separate architecture, it will be *very* hard > > to merge it back to i386. That patch would be huge, and would need to > > go in "atomically". > > I don't see it like that. While continuing to track changes in > i386/x86_64, we'd restructure the code under arch xen such that > it could build (or even boot) time switch between running native > and over Xen. At some point the arch directory could then be > renamed. This would be a big project, and one that would involve > a lot more people than just the Xen team. Because the x86
So you plan to
merge arch/xen
then modify arch/xen to do all arch/i386 can do
then rm -rf arch/i386, mv arch/xen arch/i386? Well, I'd say that's rather ambitious plan.... Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - 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/
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