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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] VP model doesn't pass the whole ACPI table

To: Kouya SHIMURA <kouya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] VP model doesn't pass the whole ACPI table to dom0
From: Tristan Gingold <Tristan.Gingold@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 11:36:43 +0200
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Le Lundi 05 Juin 2006 11:12, Kouya SHIMURA a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I can't get VP enabled dom0 to boot up on Fujitsu's PRIMEQUEST.
>
> The cause is that xen passes only one page of ACPI tables to dom0.
> PRIMEQUEST has ACPI tables across page boundary and dom0 can't read
> some ACPI table.
>
> Attached patches fix it.
> But actually I'm not familiar with ACPI and I assume the ACPI tables
> are placed in one place contiguously.
> Does anyone know my assumption is correct?
I don't think so.

Your patch looks a little bit kludgy, but it is very small and I *don't* want 
to prevent Xen to run on your machine.

IMHO the best approach is to walk on every ACPI table.  But this can be 
tedious...

Tristan.


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