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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 09:26:24 +0000
From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/hyperv: Allow 15-bit APIC IDs for VTL platforms
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On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 03:25:47PM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote:
> From: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@linux.microsoft.com> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2024 9:58 AM
> > 
> > The current method for signaling the compatibility of a Hyper-V host
> > with MSIs featuring 15-bit APIC IDs relies on a synthetic cpuid leaf.
> > However, for higher VTLs, this leaf is not reported, due to the absence
> > of an IO-APIC.
> > 
> > As an alternative, assume that when running at a high VTL, the host
> > supports 15-bit APIC IDs. This assumption is safe, as Hyper-V does not
> > employ any architectural MSIs at higher VTLs
> > 
> > This unblocks startup of VTL2 environments with more than 256 CPUs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@linux.microsoft.com>
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> 
> Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>

Applied. Thanks.