Thread (42 messages) 42 messages, 12 authors, 2009-09-29

Re: Paravirtualization on VMware's Platform [VMI].

From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: 2009-09-29 17:30:31
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On 09/29/2009 10:25 AM, Alok Kataria wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c
index 31e6f6c..d430e4c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static inline int __init activate_vmi(void)
 
 	pv_info.paravirt_enabled = 1;
 	pv_info.kernel_rpl = kernel_cs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK;
-	pv_info.name = "vmi";
+	pv_info.name = "vmi [deprecated]";
 
 	pv_init_ops.patch = vmi_patch;
 
Where is this string used, and could this break something?

	-hpa
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