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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 06/16] xen: disable PAT 
| To: | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>,	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx>,	"Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx>,	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |  
| Subject: | [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 06/16] xen: disable PAT |  
| From: | Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> |  
| Date: | Fri, 8 May 2009 13:14:32 +0200 |  
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* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Impact: disable PAT under Xen
> 
> Xen imposes a particular PAT layout on all paravirtual guests which
> does not match the layout Linux would like to use.
> 
> Force PAT to be disabled until this is resolved.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
hm, what will the resolution be? Every step in the direction of 
making Xen guests more special is a step in the wrong direction. 
Coupling between Xen and Linux should be reduced, not increased.
        Ingo
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