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Re: [Xen-devel] Windows SMP

To: James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Venefax <venefax@xxxxxxxxx>, Dirk Utterback <dirk.utterback@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Windows SMP
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:37:49 +0000
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On 29/12/2008 08:20, "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>  3. Run Citrix drivers which patch Windows to avoid TPR writes.

> Can you elaborate on that last point? Does that pass WHQL?

The WHQL tests are oblivious to it. It's just a patching of mmio writes to
the APIC TPR register.

> I think that 'venefax' is running Windows 2003sp2... does that exclude
> 'lazy TPR' fix as an option or does it need enabling somehow?

If he's running sp2 then I think TPR problems can be discounted.

 -- Keir



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