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List:       linux-ia64
Subject:    RE: SAL PCI config space
From:       "John Lee" <jlee () platsolns ! com>
Date:       2004-04-30 22:06:15
Message-ID: AEBB9AF2F7713A4FAB1397435451162E4BEE32 () spock ! invent ! psi ! com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luck, Tony [mailto:tony.luck@intel.com] 
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 2:59 PM
> To: Grant Grundler; John Lee
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox; linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: SAL PCI config space
> 
> >> Multiple OSs/executables on different Soft partitions do not share
> >> others' lock variables, unless otherwise all SAL calls of soft
> >> partitions are redirected to one hosting OS, which sounds not
> >> reasonable.
> >
> >Yes. I think that's why the SAL spec changed because all the vendors
> >want to support virtual machines.
> >But that doesn't help the older boxes which do not implement
> >the newer SAL spec or have "non-compliant" implementations.
> 
> There would be other issues besides whether some SAL calls
> are re-entrant to running multiple OS in soft partitions. E.g.
> MCA

I'm already there. RAS for soft partitions ;)
Any forum or discussion on that front would be helpful if you could
invite us.

Thanks,
John Lee
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