RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] RE: PATCH: ia64_new_rr7 rewritten + cleanup

["Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>]

> > Good cleanup.  No specific problems noted however something
> > this basic should probably get more thorough testing.  Since
> > rr7 changes only on domain switch, booting a few domains
> > simultaneously and actively exercising them would probably
> > be a good idea.
> Sure.
> But a single error and the domain doesn't boot anymore.

Perhaps.  For example, if dom0 and domU are identical bits,
if rr7 never changed (due to a bug), everything might still
boot and work properly.  (Maybe not, but there may be other
similar examples.)
 
> Booting dom0+domU each 2 ways on a 2 cpus machine does also a 
> lot of domain 
> switch.  I will exerce this night.

Thanks.  I trust your patches very much, but now that
everything is finally stable, I think we should be
testing patches to core function with more than just
a boot domU test.

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