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RE: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0.0 32bit-pae (testing changeset 8270) crashes(pgtable.c:284, kernel bug?)


  • To: "Javier Guerra" <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • From: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:48:44 +0100
  • Delivery-date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:59:56 +0000
  • List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>
  • Thread-index: AcYoGbkKBaTffmE8RRyg5e7WbIRBnQApjbpg
  • Thread-topic: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0.0 32bit-pae (testing changeset 8270) crashes(pgtable.c:284, kernel bug?)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Javier Guerra
> Sent: 02 February 2006 16:55
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0.0 32bit-pae (testing 
> changeset 8270) crashes(pgtable.c:284, kernel bug?)
> 
> On Thursday 02 February 2006 11:24 am, Petersson, Mats wrote:
> > This is why Mark Langsdorf (and probably others) have been 
> working on 
> > an IOMMU driver for Xen, to at least support AMD64 
> solutions for this 
> > type of problem [unfortunately, the AMD IOMMU solution 
> doesn't work on 
> > Intel machines due to different hardware architecture :-( ].
> 
> is this part of Pacifica? or should current opterons work with that?

The IOMMU is part of the GART, which is part of the AGP architecture
included in the "northbridge" inside all AMD64 processors, so it should
work for any Athlon64/Opteron/Turion processor in existance today. 

--
Mats
> 
> 
> --
> Javier
> 


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