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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Introduce kvm_vcpu_is_bsp() function.
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:57:22 +0300
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Hollis Blanchard wrote:
>> please wrap with HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP (which is a close approximation).
>>     
>
> I don't know about that... I've definitely thought about implementing an
> in-kernel PIC for PowerPC. (That will make more sense as an optimization
> once the processors with hypervisor support start hitting the market.)
>   

Yes, wasn't such a great idea.  I guess a new symbol 
CONFIG_KVM_APIC_ARCHITECTURE which will also encapsulate the ioapic stuff.

-- 
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