Re: [Xen-devel] Patches for stable

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On 04/05/2018 08:19 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 05/04/18 12:06, George Dunlap wrote:
>
>> Aren't there flags in the binary somewhere that could tell the
>> toolstack / Xen whether the kernel in question needs the RSDP table in
>> lowmem, or whether it can be put higher?
> Not really. Analyzing the binary whether it accesses the rsdp_addr in
> the start_info isn't the way to go, IMO.
>
> I've sent a patch to xen-devel adding a quirk flag to the domain's
> config to enable the admin special casing such an "old" kernel.

Can we backport latest struct hvm_start_info changes (which bumped
interface version) to 4.11 and pass RSDP only for versions >=1?

-boris



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