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[Xen-devel] VP problematic for backend drivers on IA64?

To: "Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] VP problematic for backend drivers on IA64?
From: Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:55:05 +0200
Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, okrieg@xxxxxxxxxx
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Hi Dan,

I understand that during the IA64 session at the summit there was some
discussion on VP being problematic for the current backend drivers (or
the other way around), and IOMMUs were suggested as a possible
solution. Could you please elaborate on what's the problem?

Thanks,
Muli
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