[Xen-devel] APIC initialization when config file has "apic=0".

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

I've been working (as a side-project) on a problem with "no interrupts"
I'm seeing with some "simple guests"[1]. 

To me, if config file has "apic=0", the APIC should not stop the guest
from being able to use the 8259 as an interrupt source. But this appears
to be the case - and as far as I can see, it's because the APIC mode is
not initialized (correctly/at all) when the guest is started. 

Shouldn't "apic=0" mean that the guest appears like there's no APIC? In
which case, this should mean that the IA32_APIC_BASE MSR should have the
APIC disable bit set. 

If my above statement is correct, how can the hvm-code get the value of
the APIC from the domain creation script (or command line)?


[1] A simple guest is essentially a replacement for "hvmloader" that is
loaded into memory and starts executing whatever you filled the
executable with. 

--
Mats



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