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Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2] virtio: make features 64bit wid
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2] virtio: make features 64bit wide |
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Fri, 29 May 2015 10:46:18 -0600 |
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On 05/29/2015 01:51 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Make features 64bit wide everywhere. Exception: command line flags
> remain 32bit and are copyed into the lower 32 host_features at
s/copyed/copied/
> initialization time.
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> On migration a full 64bit guest_features field is sent if one of the
> high bits is set, additionally to the lower 32bit guest_features field
s/additionally/in addition/
> which must stay for compatibility reasons. That way we send the lower
> 32 feature bits twice, but that way the code is simpler because we don't
> have to split and compose the 64bit features into two 32bit fields.
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> This depends on "move host_features" patch by cornelia.
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> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden>
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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