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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86-64: don't use xmalloc_array() for allocation

To: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86-64: don't use xmalloc_array() for allocation of the (per-CPU) IDTs
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:36:31 -0400
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 09:15:41AM +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 13/10/2011 08:55, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >>>> On 13.10.11 at 09:50, Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Finally, I'm not sure about more x86-64 code movement: I'd like to kill
> >> x86-32 entirely really.
> > 
> > I know, but you got pushed back each time you tried...
> 
> I think we're stuck with it for 4.2. Will try again when we open development
> for 4.3. The argument last time was the low-powered Atoms, used in low-end
> netbooks; but there's no evidence that anyone is using Xen on such
> platforms. I can't imagine it would be very worthwhile.

I've actually been using Xen 4.1.1 on them. But the Atom I've is 64-bit capable.

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