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RE: [Xen-devel] Re: Is hypercall_hvm_op in changeset 11060 effective?

To: "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Re: Is hypercall_hvm_op in changeset 11060 effective?
From: "Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:07:44 +0800
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Re: Is hypercall_hvm_op in changeset 11060 effective?
>
>Looks like it could be a 32-on-64 issue if you're running 64-bit Xen.
>Perhaps the current test for this situation, in hvm_do_hypercall() in
>arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c, is broken. It just tests 
>guest_paging_levels, but that
>may not work if paging is disabled. That's probably where you 
>should look if
>you're trying to debug this.

This patch fixes the HVM hypercall issue when paging is not enabled yet
on 64bit host.

Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>

Attachment: fix_hvm_hypercall.patch
Description: fix_hvm_hypercall.patch

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