linux-kernel - Re: 3.2.1 Unable to reset IRR messages on boot

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Message-ID: <20120320095924.GA8377@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:59:24 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	yinghai@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...oraproject.org, midgoon@...il.com
Subject: Re: 3.2.1 Unable to reset IRR messages on boot


* Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com> wrote:

>  2). Make the Xen layer fake out an IOAPIC - so instead of 0xffffff, make sure to
>      clear the three bits that Suresh' patch is testing for (Ewwwww, I don't actually
>      like that - that stinks of a hack).

In what universe would a hardware virtualization layer emulating 
actual hardware behavior be a 'hack'?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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