Re: [PATCH 1/2] xen: Remove Xen PVH/PVHVM dependency on PCI

From: Jason Andryuk
Date: Thu Oct 15 2020 - 10:59:57 EST


On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 4:10 AM Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 14.10.2020 19:53, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> > @@ -76,7 +80,9 @@ config XEN_DEBUG_FS
> > Enabling this option may incur a significant performance overhead.
> >
> > config XEN_PVH
> > - bool "Support for running as a Xen PVH guest"
> > + bool "Xen PVH guest support"
>
> Tangential question: Is "guest" here still appropriate, i.e.
> isn't this option also controlling whether the kernel can be
> used in a PVH Dom0?

Would you like something more generic like "Xen PVH support" and
"Support for running in Xen PVH mode"?

> > def_bool n
>
> And is this default still appropriate?

We probably want to flip it on, yes. PVH is the future, isn't it?

Regards,
Jason