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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: pv_ops parport trouble

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: pv_ops parport trouble
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:51:03 +0000
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On 19/02/2009 16:23, "Jeremy Fitzhardinge" <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Yes, that looks completely backwards. Could pv_ops dom0 be getting the
>> trigger flag in IO-APIC redir entries inverted somehow?
>>   
> 
> I guess that's possible, but the code in question does just pass the
> trigger and polarity straight through.  What does it say about the
> trigger and polarity for those interrupts in the dmesg output?
> 
> I guess it would explain quite a few of the "lost interrupt" symptoms
> we've been seeing, but I'm surprised things work at all well if they
> really are reversed.

Comparing with a non-pv_ops dom0 on that same system would be an obvious
next step.

 -- Keir



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