RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] rename VMX option lapic to apic, and pass it to xen by hvm_info_table

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

>> Rename VMX option name lapic to apic, and pass it to xen by
>> hvm_info_table.
>> Previous we pass it to xen by guest vcpu context ECX register, now we
>> unify to use hvm_info_table.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>I like the name 'lapic' rather than 'apic' as it explicitly 
>disambiguates from 'ioapic'. And it's only one more character.
>

In current implementation, if 'lapic=1', both lapic and ioapic are
enabled for VMX guest, and this is what we prefer.
VMX guest has 3 PIC/APIC modes:
1. no lapic and ioapic, only PIC, and this is the default option.
2. both lapic and ioapic, enabled by 'lapic=1' in VMX config file.
3. only lapic and PIC, no ioapic. No such option, but VMX guest can only
use lapic by not using its ioapic.
This is the reason why I made this change.


>Placing the hvm info definitions in public/io/ioreq.h is not right. It 
>probably needs its own header file. How about a new subdirectory 
>include/public/hvm, containing hvm_info.h, ioreq.h and vmx_assist.h?
>

Yes, I like this new directory for VMX guest using, we do have some
structures defined twice.
-Xin

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