On 01/08/2016 16:43, Igor Mammedov wrote: > > To be compatible with old systems, 0x11 will still be the default IOAPIC > > version. Here 0x11 and 0x20 are the only versions to be supported. > > Is there a reason not to default to 0x20 for new machine types and > set 2.6 and older machine types to 0x11?
See discussion in v2. It's just for safety, what you just said is indeed the plan for 2.8. This patch already provides the necessary infrastructure. Paolo
