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Re: [Xen-devel] serial console stopped working

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] serial console stopped working
From: Patrick Caulfield <pcaulfie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:19:04 +0000
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On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 12:59:32PM +0000, Keir Fraser wrote:
> > > I've just checked in a potential fix. The symptoms sound a lot like
> > > what happens when the per-cpu IDTs get out of sync, so the patch
> > > ensures that updates to the cpu0 IDT also get written to any other
> > > IDTs that have been allocated.
> > > 
> > 
> > It didn't help here I'm afraid.
> 
> Has serial input *ever* worked for you? If not there must be some
> longer-term bug -- perhaps will get fixed when we move the IRQ setup
> code out to domain0.

Not on this box no - even with smp disabled. I'll try it on my much newer DELL
box when I can get a suitable serial lead connected up to it.

-- 

patrick


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