Disable inte_idle for -virtual kernels

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Tue Nov 2 17:11:48 UTC 2010


On 11/02/2010 11:59 AM, John Johansen wrote:
> EC2 Xen does not properly handle the mwait instruction used by intel_idle
> resulting in an invalid opcode when an instance is launched on newer
> intel hardware.
>
> This bug is present in both the Maverick and Natty kernels
>
>

Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>

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