Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> I guess you just followed x86 way, but delaying until check_bug()
> is too late for IA64 case because of at least ia64_get_cpuid().
No. Binary patching is just optimization, while pv_ops hook
is installed at very beginning.
> At this moment I'm not sure how late binary pat
I guess you just followed x86 way, but delaying until check_bug()
is too late for IA64 case because of at least ia64_get_cpuid().
At this moment I'm not sure how late binary patching can
be delayed, though.
Presumably it is necessary to revise boot protocol.
Renaming xen_paravirt_patch() to xen_pa
arch/ia64/kernel/paravirt.c |8 +++-
arch/ia64/kernel/paravirt_core.c | 17 ++---
arch/ia64/kernel/paravirt_entry.c |3 ++-
arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c |3 +++
arch/ia64/xen/paravirt_xen.c |8 +---
arch/ia64/xen/xen_pv_ops.c|4 ++
