RE: [Xen-devel] [patch 2/2] Preserve correct PIC vectors across Xenvmxassist 16/32-bit transitions

["Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>]

>This code teaches vmxassist:
>
>1) to remember how the guest has set up the virtual PIC interrupt
>vectors; and
>2) to reprogram the vPIC to point to the true guest vector 
>when entering
>32-bit mode, and to point back to the vmxassist bounce-irq traps when
>reentering 16-bit mode.
>

In Dec 2006, I created a patch to fix this issue, and may be better.
I didn't send it out just because some other critical issue in
VMXassist, hopefully the emulation way will be done soon.
thanks
-Xin

Attachment: gfxboot_vmxassist_fix.patch
Description: gfxboot_vmxassist_fix.patch

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