[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [xen vMCE RFC V0.2] xen vMCE design
>>> On 02.07.12 at 19:32, "Liu, Jinsong" <jinsong.liu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks AMD's feedback :) > > This vMCE design foils is basically for Intel MCA, involving many details > specific to Intel. > I agree that for x86 Intel and AMD can share logic in many fields. However, > for MCA logic Intel and AMD are quite different, like > 1. MSRs interface, e.g. MCG_CAP, MCi_MICS, MCi_CTL2, etc; > 2. error injection, AMD provide NMI/single MCE/broadcast MCE, while in our > design only concern broadcast MCE# (and pretend to expose CMCI); > 3. MCE handler: currently in xen Intel and AMD mce use different triggle > method and mce handler; > > Considering the big difference, I suggest we separately provide Intel vMCE > and AMD vMCE (i.e. vmce_intel.c and vmce_amd.c). I'm not convinced of the need, and would prefer aiming at a shared implementation unless issues arise that make this impossible. Jan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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