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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 2/24] i386 Vmi config
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Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx> |
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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC, PATCH 2/24] i386 Vmi config |
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Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:23:50 +0000 |
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On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 10:00:27AM -0800, Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Introduce the basic VMI sub-arch configuration dependencies. VMI kernels only
> are designed to run on modern hardware platforms. As such, they require a
> working APIC, and do not support some legacy functionality, including APM
> BIOS,
> ISA and MCA bus systems, PCI BIOS interfaces, or PnP BIOS (by implication of
> dropping ISA support). They also require a P6 series CPU.
That's pretty bad because distributors need another kernel still. At least
a working APIC isn't quite as common today as it should.
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