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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Subject: Re: [timer/ticks related] dom0 hang during boot on	 large
	1TB system
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:03:42 -0800
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On 12/22/2009 09:02 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> No, that won't help. I'm referring to things like Dom0 accesses to the
> M2P table it sees, which doesn't cover even nearly all memory. I can't
> say whether that can go without problem, but without closely looking
> at it I don't think you can assume this would work. Likewise I would
> suspect tools issues (if you use the tools from xen-unstable et al),
> though I have no precise pointer right now at specific issues.
>    

32-bit dom0 is the standard use model for Citrix product, and I think 
people tend to run it even with xen-unstable.  Its a fairly well-tested 
combination.

     J