From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Zhang, Xiantao" Subject: RE: [PATCH] KVM: ia64: define kvm_lapic_enabled() to fix a compile error Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:10:52 +0800 Message-ID: References: <20100902175500.ac552016.yoshikawa.takuya@oss.ntt.co.jp> <4C7F6707.7030004@redhat.com> <4CA03EED.9080404@oss.ntt.co.jp> <4CA068C7.3020004@redhat.com> <4CA1B4F1.9030602@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Cc: Takuya Yoshikawa , "mtosatti@redhat.com" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "kvm-ia64@vger.kernel.org" To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:3130 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751743Ab0I2OLA convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:11:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4CA1B4F1.9030602@redhat.com> Content-Language: en-US Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Avi Kivity wrote: > On 09/27/2010 12:01 PM, Zhang, Xiantao wrote: >>> >>> Maybe we should make ia64 kvm depend on CONFIG_BROKEN. >>> >>> It has been "experimental" for quite a while. >> >> I don't think the kvm/ia64 is broken in the upstream Linux, and it >> should work according to our last try. > > When was that? It should be pre-2.6.35. You know, if the API between kernel and userspace is not changed, it should keep workable. >> The big issue is about userspace support. Latest qemu maybe not >> work with latest kernel, but if you choose an old qemu, it should >> work! > > There's always the chance that changes in the host kernel or > architecture independent kvm code will cause breakage. We need > regular use or testing. Agree, and we will check it regularly. Xiantao