From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934548AbXGQTHR (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:07:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760442AbXGQTG7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:06:59 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:52337 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759654AbXGQTG6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:06:58 -0400 Message-ID: <469D1317.1050202@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:05:59 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070419) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caglar@pardus.org.tr CC: Avi Kivity , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [GIT PULL][RESEND #2] KVM Updates for 2.6.23-rc1 References: <11846910642166-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com> <200707172139.09131.caglar@pardus.org.tr> In-Reply-To: <200707172139.09131.caglar@pardus.org.tr> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org S.Çağlar Onur wrote: > > If i'm not wrong X86_CMPXCHG64 depends on CONFIG_X86_PAE which depends on > HIGHMEM64 and again if i'm not wrong this means distributions who wants to > provide KVM must enable CONFIG_X86_PAE and CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G from now on? > X86_PAE should depend on X86_CMPXCHG64, not the other way around. I asked Andi Kleen about this on IRC, and he said: the reason was that i didn't want to hack everybody's magic MSRs into the old verify_cpu.S verify_cpu.S is dead on i386 (replaced by arch/i386/boot/cpucheck.c) which does have the flags enable MSR tweaks; it is still being used for APs on x86-64. However, in the meantime it should be safe to remove this dependency from i386. -hpa From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [GIT PULL][RESEND #2] KVM Updates for 2.6.23-rc1 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:05:59 -0700 Message-ID: <469D1317.1050202@zytor.com> References: <11846910642166-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com> <200707172139.09131.caglar@pardus.org.tr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Andi Kleen , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: caglar-caicS1wCkhO6A22drWdTBw@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200707172139.09131.caglar-caicS1wCkhO6A22drWdTBw@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Uy7Dh2HEn2xhciBPbnVyIHdyb3RlOgo+IAo+IElmIGknbSBub3Qgd3JvbmcgWDg2X0NNUFhDSEc2 NCBkZXBlbmRzIG9uIENPTkZJR19YODZfUEFFIHdoaWNoIGRlcGVuZHMgb24gCj4gSElHSE1FTTY0 IGFuZCBhZ2FpbiBpZiBpJ20gbm90IHdyb25nIHRoaXMgbWVhbnMgZGlzdHJpYnV0aW9ucyB3aG8g d2FudHMgdG8gCj4gcHJvdmlkZSBLVk0gbXVzdCBlbmFibGUgQ09ORklHX1g4Nl9QQUUgYW5kIENP TkZJR19ISUdITUVNNjRHIGZyb20gbm93IG9uPwo+IAoKWDg2X1BBRSBzaG91bGQgZGVwZW5kIG9u IFg4Nl9DTVBYQ0hHNjQsIG5vdCB0aGUgb3RoZXIgd2F5IGFyb3VuZC4KCkkgYXNrZWQgQW5kaSBL bGVlbiBhYm91dCB0aGlzIG9uIElSQywgYW5kIGhlIHNhaWQ6Cgo8ZnJlaXRhZz4gdGhlIHJlYXNv biB3YXMgdGhhdCBpIGRpZG4ndCB3YW50IHRvIGhhY2sgZXZlcnlib2R5J3MgbWFnaWMKTVNScyBp bnRvIHRoZSBvbGQgdmVyaWZ5X2NwdS5TCgp2ZXJpZnlfY3B1LlMgaXMgZGVhZCBvbiBpMzg2IChy ZXBsYWNlZCBieSBhcmNoL2kzODYvYm9vdC9jcHVjaGVjay5jKQp3aGljaCBkb2VzIGhhdmUgdGhl IGZsYWdzIGVuYWJsZSBNU1IgdHdlYWtzOyBpdCBpcyBzdGlsbCBiZWluZyB1c2VkIGZvcgpBUHMg b24geDg2LTY0LiAgSG93ZXZlciwgaW4gdGhlIG1lYW50aW1lIGl0IHNob3VsZCBiZSBzYWZlIHRv IHJlbW92ZQp0aGlzIGRlcGVuZGVuY3kgZnJvbSBpMzg2LgoKCS1ocGEKCgotLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t LS0tClRoaXMgU0YubmV0IGVtYWlsIGlzIHNwb25zb3JlZCBieSBEQjIgRXhwcmVzcwpEb3dubG9h ZCBEQjIgRXhwcmVzcyBDIC0gdGhlIEZSRUUgdmVyc2lvbiBvZiBEQjIgZXhwcmVzcyBhbmQgdGFr ZQpjb250cm9sIG9mIHlvdXIgWE1MLiBObyBsaW1pdHMuIEp1c3QgZGF0YS4gQ2xpY2sgdG8gZ2V0 IGl0IG5vdy4KaHR0cDovL3NvdXJjZWZvcmdlLm5ldC9wb3dlcmJhci9kYjIvCl9fX19fX19fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fCmt2bS1kZXZlbCBtYWlsaW5nIGxp c3QKa3ZtLWRldmVsQGxpc3RzLnNvdXJjZWZvcmdlLm5ldApodHRwczovL2xpc3RzLnNvdXJjZWZv cmdlLm5ldC9saXN0cy9saXN0aW5mby9rdm0tZGV2ZWwK