WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-devel

RE: [Xen-devel] RE: question about hvm vhpet

To: 'Keir Fraser' <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] RE: question about hvm vhpet
From: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:05:02 +0800
Accept-language: en-US
Acceptlanguage: en-US
Cc:
Delivery-date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:05:45 -0800
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <C54C29BD.1F76E%keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
List-help: <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
References: <0A882F4D99BBF6449D58E61AAFD7EDD601E23B58@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <C54C29BD.1F76E%keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thread-index: AclLprFoBYXkghTmT2C2Snc6ot98bgACVWNwAAH6MukAABGMMA==
Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] RE: question about hvm vhpet
>From: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 5:03 PM
>On 21/11/08 08:10, "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> Then if config file for hvm domain has no explicit 
>'hpet=0/1' option,
>>> will xend issue a hypercall to set vhpet to '0' or the 
>latter will be
>>> left as '1'?
>>> 
>> 
>> It's the former. Anyway, let's keep code aligned with original
>> purpose.
>
>The hypervisor code is as it is for old saved guests which do 
>not explicitly
>specify HPET. They will have been booted with HPET 
>unconditionally enabled,
>and it must not disappear under their feet if they are 
>restored on a newer
>hypervisor!
>

Thanks for pointing out reason.
Kevin
_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel