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[Xen-devel] Re: x2APIC emulation for HVM guest

To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: x2APIC emulation for HVM guest
From: "Yang, Sheng" <sheng.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 14:23:16 +0800
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On Thursday 02 December 2010 13:48:15 Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 12/02/2010 06:43 AM, Yang, Sheng wrote:
> > I think we can do it step by step. This patch is big enough.
> 
> Yes, I agree it can go in as a separate patch.
> 
> > I'd like to work the direct EOI patch out, but I am thinking about how to
> > test it...
> 
> Maybe you can run Xen inside an HVM guest, forcing x2apic mode to be
> enabled?  You do not need nested VMX if you only run PV guests in the
> guest hypervisor.

I don't know how much work need to be done for this, and if it's worth to do 
for 
something was not be used in practice(if it would be used in practice, then it 
would be easy for us to test)... 

Anyway I would prepare the code later.

--
regards
Yang, Sheng

> 
> Paolo

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