Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/amd: fix crash as Xen Dom0 on AMDTrinity systems

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 04:40:37PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 30.05.12 at 17:12, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This current case should be a perfect example for why xen shouldn't be
> > sprinkling code all over the place.
> 
> Which means you're denying the benefits of para-virtualization

Does it really mean that?

> (at the base system level; perhaps it's less of a problem for
> you when it comes to pv device drivers, which are generally
> standalone entities) as that's what distinguishes Xen from all other
> virtualization solutions Linux supports.

All I'm saying is, xen should solve the whole deal of what it wants to
do (whatever that is) _without_ and _agnostic_ from arch/x86/. Otherwise
x86 changes break xen.

I couldn't care less about what distinguishes xen from all other
solutions.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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