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RE: [Xen-devel] Windows SMP

To: "Keir Fraser" <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Venefax" <venefax@xxxxxxxxx>, "Dirk Utterback" <dirk.utterback@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Windows SMP
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:01:13 +1100
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Windows SMP
> On 29/12/2008 09:40, "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 
> > Assuming the hypervisor route, if I understand correctly it could go
> > like this:
> 
> Either of your described approaches could work. This doesn't involve
qemu
> at
> all, since APIC emulation is done within Xen. So it'll be a new hvm_op
> hypercall either way. Getting Xen to do the patching isn't a bad idea.
> Might
> also be worth looking at how KVM does it to get some further ideas.
> 

Oh. I had a quick look at hw/apic.c and assumed that's where the action
was... guess I'll look in xen then!

Thanks

James

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