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RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] SMP-g design notes

To: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>, "Tristan Gingold" <Tristan.Gingold@xxxxxxxx>, <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] SMP-g design notes
From: "Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:53:06 +0800
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Tian, Kevin wrote:
> 
> Yes, emulation of ptc.ga will be more complex than other emulations.
> However simply talking about the claim above, IPI is a necessity IMO,
> if another vcpu is running on another LP at the emulation. Though we
> may add some lazy flush 
> later.
> 
Agree! I would like to see xen implements this kind of IPI for global
purge. And I'd like to 
see a whole approach design in near future for this issue so that we can
comment :-)
Eddie

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