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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel][PATCH] support more than 8vcpu for windows sever 20

To: "Zhang, Xing Z" <xing.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel][PATCH] support more than 8vcpu for windows sever 2003 SP1
From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 06:59:54 -0600
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On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 12:30 +0800, Zhang, Xing Z wrote:
> Add two PAL calls and one SAL call.
> 
> windows sever 2003 SP1 or SP2 can boot more than 8 cpus on native, but
> only 8
> 
> vcpus in VTI. This patch make VTI has same behavior with native.

   I thought we solved this in the GFW with adding hotplug support.  I'm
really not in favor of adding complications to vCPUs by making them
appear as dual core processors.  Does this allow Enterprise or Data
Center to go to more than 8 vCPUs?  Thanks,

        Alex

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Alex Williamson                             HP Open Source & Linux Org.


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