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Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] Pass-through Interdomain Interrupts Sharing (HVM/D

To: Guy Zana <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] Pass-through Interdomain Interrupts Sharing (HVM/Dom0)
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:00:54 +0100
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On 10/8/07 16:51, "Guy Zana" <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> From what I saw, Windows XP is not that sensitive to spurious interrupts (at
>> least for ISA interrupts). In general, Windows tries hard to survive :-)
> We'll have to check if a prioritize list will suffice, it would be simple, I
> agree. 
> But you still do bad stuff and hope it'll go unnoticed, sounds like a recipe
> for voodoo, it should be well tested at least.

This whole PCI passthru feature is a recipe for voodoo ;-)

 -- Keir


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