Re: [PATCH] Fix writing back APIC reset to inkernel APIC

Dong, Eddie
2007-11-05T08:58:11Z

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Dong, Eddie wrote:
>> Yes, when reseting, we need to reset both APIC/PIC/IOAPIC and pv
>> driver in future, and also VCPU.
>> But isn't apic_reset a pure user level APIC thing?
>
> The reset callbacks are still called, so the userspace apic is
> still reset.

OK. But since we have seperate kernel reset, doing double reset here
means
something weir to me.

Maybe you just want to live with a pure apic reset only, then I am ok
too.
Once we established one ABI, probably we won't establish another set, do
we?

Eddie