linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: let 32bit use apic_ops too

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:24:41 -0700
From:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	virtualization <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: let 32bit use apic_ops too - fix

On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 12:22 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Suresh Siddha
> <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:38:50AM -0700, Zachary Amsden wrote:
> >>
> >> Nacked-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
> >>
> >> What are you doing here and why aren't you cc-ing the maintainers?
> >
> > Sorry. I was about to bring you into the loop.
> >
> > Yinghai posted 32bit native apic_ops(similar to my 64bit apic ops patch, which
> > is different from pv_apic_ops) which is in tip/x86/x2apic and proposed a fix
> > for VMI case aswell.
> >
> > Based on my understanding, tip/x86/x2apic git commit
> > 94a8c3c2437c8946f1b6c8e0b2c560a7db8ed3c6 is wrong and it should be fixed with
> > something like
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121614328831237&w=2
> >
> > Can you please check and Ack/Nack this fix?
> 
> how about xen pv with icr related?

Xen doesn't have an APIC; they should be fine as is I think.

Zach

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