|  |  | 
  
    |  |  | 
 
  |   |  | 
  
    |  |  | 
  
    |  |  | 
  
    |   xen-ia64-devel
Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] SMP guest and itc 
| On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 08:32 +0100, Tristan Gingold wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> during boot, linux kernel tries to synchronize itc of all processors.  
> However 
> currently itc is not virtualized:
> (XEN) vcpu_set_itc: Setting ar.itc is currently disabled
> 
> What should we do ?
> a) virtualize ITC
> b) para-virtualize ITC (ie, modifying linux kernel)
> c) pre-synchronize ITC
> 
> I really prefer c).
   I'm not sure I understand c).  Aren't the ITCs already
pre-synchronized by xen in smp_callin()?   Thanks,
        Alex
-- 
Alex Williamson                             HP Linux & Open Source Lab
_______________________________________________
Xen-ia64-devel mailing list
Xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-ia64-devel
 | 
 
| <Prev in Thread] | Current Thread | [Next in Thread> |  | 
[Xen-ia64-devel] SMP guest and itc, Tristan Gingold
Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] SMP guest and itc,
Alex Williamson <=
 
RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] SMP guest and itc, Dong, Eddie
RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] SMP guest and itc, Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)
RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] SMP guest and itc, Xu, Anthony
RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] SMP guest and itc, Dong, Eddie
RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] SMP guest and itc, Dong, Eddie
 |  |  | 
  
    |  |  |