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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH]ACPI: re-enable mwait for xen cpuidle

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH]ACPI: re-enable mwait for xen cpuidle
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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 23:18:13 +0800
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] [PATCH]ACPI: re-enable mwait for xen cpuidle
On Friday, 2010-4-2 10:46 PM, Keir Fraser wrote:
> Think about it some more: Since this is about partial enabling of
> MONITOR/WAIT, just to get C-state info to Xen -- i.e., something a
> bit hacky anyway -- the right answer is for Linux to lie to itself
> and your 2nd patch attempt is best. I would think of Xen advertising
> the fature to dom0 via CPUID as meaning that the guest can use it as
> a 1st-class feature itself, which is not the case.

Yes, you tell the truth. That is why I consider the 1st & 2nd patch first.

Jimmy
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