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SubjectRe: arch/xen is a bad idea
Pavel Machek wrote:

> Okay, what about this one:
>
> You merge xen hooks in mainline, but keep maintaining arch/xen
> out-of-tree? You have to maintain it yourself, anyway, and having
> hooks merged should make it easy.
>
> When xen is merged into i386 (you said that is your long-term goal
> anyway), you can merge that into mainline...
> Pavel

Assuming this is practical and would let xen get exposure sooner rather
than later, it would be nice if the hooks could be used for other
projects. My impression is that the merge part would come after there is
some extensive experience with the operation "in the wild" so to speak.
Who knows what operating systems might run in this way.

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-bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
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