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SubjectRe: [PATCH] xen: core dom0 support

* Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >>> In three years time, will we regret having merged this?
> >> Its a pretty minor amount of extra stuff on top of what's been
> >> added over the last 3 years, so I don't think it's going to
> >> tip the scales on its own. I wouldn't be comfortable in
> >> trying to merge something that's very intrusive.
> >
> > Hm, how can the same code that you call "massive out-of-tree
> > patches which doesn't make anyone happy" in an out of tree
> > context suddenly become non-intrusive "minor amount of extra
> > stuff" in an upstream context?
>
> The current, out-of-tree xen kernel stuff is based on 2.6.18.
> [...]

Sure, but what i'm pointing out is the following aspect of
communication:

>>> [...] At the moment its all running on massive out-of-tree
>>> patches, which doesn't make anyone happy. It's best that it
>>> be in the mainline kernel. You know, like we argue for
>>> everything else.

Comparing it to a 2.6.18 base is simply misleading when it comes
to upstreaming something. Enterprise distros will rebase, and
their out-of-tree pile of patches will shrink.

Ingo


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