Xen devel - Aug 2010 - why was XENMEM_translate_gpfn_list removed

Why was XENMEM_translate_gpfn_list removed in Xen 4.0. How to achieve
similar purpose in HVM?


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On 26/08/2010 00:59, "Ian Zhang" <yzhang.unc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why was XENMEM_translate_gpfn_list removed in Xen 4.0. How to achieve
> similar purpose in HVM?
It''s not needed, since all hypercalls on an HVM guest refer to guest
pseudo-physical addresses. Keeping translate_gpfn_list just encouraged lazy
programmers to design bad hypervisor interfaces.

 -- Keir
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