From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Cooper Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/32] xen/x86: allow disabling the pmtimer Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 14:13:19 +0000 Message-ID: <563B63FF.6090108@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> <563A2CCD.8050304@citrix.com> <563A3D9102000078000B1D4C@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.bemta3.messagelabs.com ([195.245.230.39]) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuMql-0002iR-Ix for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 05 Nov 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