linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/amd: fix crash as Xen Dom0 on AMD Trinity systems

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Date:	Wed, 30 May 2012 17:58:50 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc:	Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>,
	Jacob Shin <Jacob.Shin@....com>, mingo@...e.hu,
	jeremy@...p.org, tglx@...utronix.de, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/amd: fix crash as Xen Dom0 on AMD
 Trinity systems

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 04:40:37PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 30.05.12 at 17:12, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> > This current case should be a perfect example for why xen shouldn't be
> > sprinkling code all over the place.
> 
> Which means you're denying the benefits of para-virtualization

Does it really mean that?

> (at the base system level; perhaps it's less of a problem for
> you when it comes to pv device drivers, which are generally
> standalone entities) as that's what distinguishes Xen from all other
> virtualization solutions Linux supports.

All I'm saying is, xen should solve the whole deal of what it wants to
do (whatever that is) _without_ and _agnostic_ from arch/x86/. Otherwise
x86 changes break xen.

I couldn't care less about what distinguishes xen from all other
solutions.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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