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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Introduce kvm_vcpu_is_bsp() function.
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:35:01 +0300
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Zhang, Xiantao wrote:
>> The concept of bsp (boot processor) is limited IIUC to x86 and ia64,
>> so please wrap with HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP (which is a close approximation).
>>
>> Arch maintainers, please confirm.
>>     
>
> Yes, vcpu[0] should be the bsp for ia64 guests, even if this is not always true for real platforms.   
>   

We are changing it to be potentially not always true for x86 as well.

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