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Re: [Xen-devel] Problem with BIOS timer interrupts

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Problem with BIOS timer interrupts
From: Gary Grebus <ggrebus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:15:50 -0500
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On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 22:13 +0000, Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 18/11/08 20:28, "Gary Grebus" <ggrebus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >> I would say it's a good idea to see if you can repro this on xen-unstable.
> > 
> > OK... My usual xen-unstable setup is out of commission at the moment,
> > but I will try to reproduce it.
> 
> Another approach, if this really is happening every time, would be to trace
> the hell out of HLT emulation and interrupt delivery with printk. Since this
> happens so early, you shouldn't end up overwhelmed with trace data. Perhaps
> you can narrow down the problem that way...

Well, I can't reproduce this even in my own setup on AMD.  All the
failures must have really been on Intel with vmxassist (or in my
imagination).   Sorry for the noise.

        /gary

-- 
Gary Grebus
Virtual Iron Software, Inc.



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