From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 3] Fix kexec path in xen (take 2) Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 14:39:10 -0400 Message-ID: <20110518183910.GA14013@dumpdata.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Andrew Cooper , dkiper@net-space.pl Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 07:08:13PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote: > This set of patches is the minimal subset required to get the kexec path working again on Xen 4.x You might want to copy Daniel on these patches: dkiper@net-space.pl as he is working on a project alongside this. > > kdump kernels can't boot if x2apic mode is enabled and the ACPI tables dont state this fact. They also cant boot at all with interrupt remapping enabled. > > These patches cause xen to track the local apic boot state and return to it before kexec'ing to a new kernel. It also makes sure to disable IO virtualisation. > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel