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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86, hvm: allow another vcpu to receive PIT

To: Kouya Shimura <kouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86, hvm: allow another vcpu to receive PIT IRQ (support kexec/kdump on hvm)
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:23:58 +0100
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On 30/06/2009 07:57, "Kouya Shimura" <kouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch is needed for kexec/kdump on hvm since kdump halts bsp.

Really? Why would it do that?

These patches are pretty nasty. We can perhaps come up with a neater smaller
version of them if there's a real need.

 -- Keir



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