RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] VT-i: general exception

["Xu, Anthony" <anthony.xu@xxxxxxxxx>]

>From: Tristan Gingold
>Sent: 2006?4?11? 0:03
>To: xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Xen-ia64-devel] VT-i: general exception
>
>Hi,
>
>inside vmx_ivt.S:
>
>// 0x5400 Entry 24 (size 16 bundles) General Exception (5,32,34,36,38,39)
>ENTRY(vmx_general_exception)
>    VMX_DBG_FAULT(24)
>    VMX_FAULT(24)
>//    VMX_REFLECT(24)
>END(vmx_general_exception)
>
>IIRC, VMX_FAULT is an infinite loop.  Therefore, in case of general exception
>raised at the hots IVT, xen locks.
>
>Is it a bug or something not finished ?
It's not a bug, normally general exception will not happen in guest,
If it does happen, that means something wrong, it was used for
debugging.

Thanks,
Anthony

>
>Tristan.
>
>
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