Re: [PATCH 0/4] Kernel side patches for in-kernel APIC

["Gregory Haskins" <ghaskins-Et1tbQHTxzrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

>>> On Thu, May 3, 2007 at  2:57 PM, in message
<8FFF7E42E93CC646B632AB40643802A8028B114D-1a9uaKK1+wJcIJlls4ac1rfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>,
"Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: 

> This sounds good, but when will this get incorporated in the tree?
> 
> The reason I'm asking is that I've got X64 Vista up on KVM as well (with
> patches to EFER and CR8 handling), and I'm wondering if I should hold on
> because the code for CR8 handling would be different (and this in- kernel
> APIC code would be preferable for that).  

While I can't comment on when it goes into the tree (that's the Qumranet guys call), additional testing will help push the ball forward.  So if you have some spare cycles, please give it a whirl and let us know what you find.  

Note that I have found/fixed a few issues in the patches since I sent the mail yesterday (including a nasty host kernel OOPS during level-0 shutdown).  However, in the interest of trying not to spam the list more than once a week with a relatively large patch queue, I didn't send it out. ;) If interested in testing, email me directly and I will get you the latest.

Also, please share your APIC related patches (if you can).  If its something that is applicable to my work, I will see if I can get it integrated in.

Regards,
-Greg

 

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