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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Append 'nohpet' in dom0 cmdline to prevent dom0

To: "Wei, Gang" <gang.wei@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Append 'nohpet' in dom0 cmdline to prevent dom0 from using HPET
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:23:07 -0700
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On 10/14/09 19:13, Wei, Gang wrote:
> Call disable_hpet() in dom0 xen setup phase will disable physical hpet and 
> break hpet usage in hypervisor. There are another path to initialize hpet: 
> fs_initcall(hpet_late_init), hpet_late_init()->hpet_enable().
>   

Well, making disable_hpet() non-static and calling it from Xen setup is
the same as appending nohpet to the command line, but less hacky.

    J

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