Re: [Xen-devel] AMD-V (SVM) support in xen-unstable

To:	"Woller, Thomas" <thomas.woller@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-devel] AMD-V (SVM) support in xen-unstable
From:	Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:18:38 +0000
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On 13/11/06 6:11 pm, "Woller, Thomas" <thomas.woller@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> We'll look at the linux guests first, then take a look at the windows
> issue.
> If you have any thoughts let us know,

My guess would be that the SVM HLT logic is still missing interrupts
occasionally, and the hlt timer was providing a convenient 'backstop' to
give you a kick. So the timer might well have been masking a bug.

 -- Keir

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