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RE: [Xen-ia64-devel][PATCH] Enable SMP on VTI domain.


  • To: "Tristan Gingold" <Tristan.Gingold@xxxxxxxx>, <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "Xu, Anthony" <anthony.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 16:25:22 +0800
  • Delivery-date: Wed, 31 May 2006 01:25:50 -0700
  • List-id: Discussion of the ia64 port of Xen <xen-ia64-devel.lists.xensource.com>
  • Thread-index: AcaEiK8OJELq6nqdQ6CEOfKA4l6lmwAAfnfA
  • Thread-topic: [Xen-ia64-devel][PATCH] Enable SMP on VTI domain.

>From: Tristan Gingold 
>Sent: 2006年5月31日 16:07
>To: Xu, Anthony; xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel][PATCH] Enable SMP on VTI domain.
>
>Le Mercredi 31 Mai 2006 09:32, Xu, Anthony a écrit :
>> This patch intends to enable SMP on VTI domain.
>>
>> This patch depends on previous three patches I sent out.
>> 1. fixed a bug which causes Oops
>> 2. fixed a small bug about VTLB
>> 3. Add sal emulation to VTI domain
>>
>> This patch uses IPI to implement global purge.
>>
>> If you want to reproduce what I did, you may need to get the
>> newest guest FIRMWARE.
>Good work!
>
>Two comments:
>* could you postpone your patch until I resend my cpu hotplug patch ?
>I have to modify the start-up ipi, which you are reusing.  (Should it be
>common ?)
It should be Ok, if it doesn't take long.
>
>* I may be wrong, but why are you using a cpu/lid table ?  
Maybe I understand mistakenly,
I'm using cpu/lid table to send IPI


>I think Xen can
>impose lid to the guest firmware.  Things will be a little simpler.
I don't catch you, Could you explain in more detail?



>
>Tristan.

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