Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:32:53 -0500 | From | "Mike D. Day" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.16-rc6-xen] export Xen Hypervisor attributes to sysfs |
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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> I appreciate the counter argument as well, but think this should be a >> configurable option. > > "a config option" is a cop-out. By proposing a config option you even > admit it's not essential for userspace. The last thing this should be is > a config option; it either is needed and important, and should be there > always, or it's redundant and should be done in userspace. "A config > option" is just admitting that it is the later, but that you need to > justify the time you spent on the kernel patch somewhere ;-)
No, not at all. There are two types of Xen kernels: privileged and non-privileged. A privileged kernel has access to real hardware devices. This patch is intended for privileged xen kernel. That's why it needs to be a configurable option.
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