Re: [Xen-devel] VMX status report 13197:d275951acf10

To:	"Huang, Xinmei" <xinmei.huang@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-devel] VMX status report 13197:d275951acf10
From:	Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:22:46 +0000
Cc:	"Yu, Ping Y" <ping.y.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
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On 31/12/06 3:13 am, "Huang, Xinmei" <xinmei.huang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This bug occurs when ia32e up kernel boots (including installation). From cs
> 12847,  
> vlapic_id = vcpu_id+1 while vlapic_id = vcpu_id before this cs.
> Linux kernel (version < 2.6.14,  i am not sure of the exact version ) would
> assume boot cpu id =0.
> There are come special codes only in ia32e up kernel:

That's a pain. It's not hard to come up with another LAPIC numbering that
gives VCPU0 LAPIC_ID=0. All I was trying to achieve was to give the IOAPIC a
4-bit identifier that differs from all LAPIC 8-bit identifiers. I'll do this
a different way.

 -- Keir

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