From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Otte Subject: Re: RFC/patch 0/3 portability: please review Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:10:06 +0100 Message-ID: <4727ABBE.5090903@de.ibm.com> References: <1193766253.7800.43.camel@cotte.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> <42DFA526FC41B1429CE7279EF83C6BDC8B5856@pdsmsx415.ccr.corp.intel.com> <4727A7D6.5010406@de.ibm.com> <1193781654.26183.44.camel@basalt> Reply-To: carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Avi Kivity , "Zhang, Xiantao" To: Hollis Blanchard Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1193781654.26183.44.camel@basalt> 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 Hollis Blanchard wrote: > On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 22:53 +0100, Carsten Otte wrote: >> Zhang, Xiantao wrote: >>> Basically, It doesn't impact our side. For patch 2/3, we had better find >>> an approach to handle mmio-realted functions, becasue they may exist in >>> most archs. >>> For IA64, if this move happens, we have to duplicate them in IA64 side. >> Thanks for your feedback. This matches Hollis' view, I'll try to >> rework that patch. We're really the only platform without mmio, that's >> a s390 special case. I'll leave it in common and find a way around for >> s390. > > Well, those functions right now are hacks that assume the only in-kernel > device is an APIC. That won't even build for anybody who doesn't have > vcpu->apic... that's why I say go ahead and move them, and we can worry > about it later. Right. Xiantao, does ia64 have an apic? Or do you intend to use the code different from x86? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/