Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:15:32 -0400 | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 11/18] Perform hardware_enable in CPU_STARTING callback |
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On 07/12/2010 10:25 PM, Zachary Amsden wrote: > The CPU_STARTING callback was added upstream with the intention > of being used for KVM, specifically for the hardware enablement > that must be done before we can run in hardware virt. It had > bugs on the x86_64 architecture at the time, where it was called > after CPU_ONLINE. The arches have since merged and the bug is > gone. > > It might be noted other features should probably start making > use of this callback; microcode updates in particular which > might be fixing important erratums would be best applied before > beginning to run user tasks. > > Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden<zamsden@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
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