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[Xen-devel] Re: VT-d scalability issue

To: "Zhai, Edwin" <edwin.zhai@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: VT-d scalability issue
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:03:37 +0100
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On 10/9/08 01:09, "Zhai, Edwin" <edwin.zhai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> (b) presumably your upcoming (and existing current?) processors support
>> wbinvd exiting anyway?
> 
> Yes, but exist system has such problem.

Is any significant number of people really using VT-d yet? I must say I'm
skeptical as to whether the existing hardware base really matters all that
much.

 -- Keir



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