From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=c3=a9?= Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/32] xen/x86: allow disabling the pmtimer Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 17:05:33 +0100 Message-ID: <563A2CCD.8050304@citrix.com> References: <1443800943-17668-1-git-send-email-roger.pau@citrix.com> <1443800943-17668-17-git-send-email-roger.pau@citrix.com> <561E84E302000078000AB01C@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <56336793.7000204@citrix.com> <56337BCF02000078000B02F6@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <56338E65.9060408@citrix.com> <56386E9D02000078000B1216@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <56389331.4010101@citrix.com> <5638B98A02000078000B141E@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta5.messagelabs.com ([195.245.231.135]) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Zu0Za-0007Ca-86 for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:06:06 +0000 In-Reply-To: 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