From: Jack Lange <jarusl@cs.northwestern.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:16:59 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: added hacks to the APIC because Linux coders didn't read the spec
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added hacks to the APIC because Linux coders didn't read the spec
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diff --git a/palacios/src/devices/apic.c b/palacios/src/devices/apic.c
index 03b37e8..df9dd12 100644
--- a/palacios/src/devices/apic.c
+++ b/palacios/src/devices/apic.c
@@ -382,8 +382,10 @@ static int apic_read(addr_t guest_addr, void * dst, uint_t length, void * priv_d
 
   switch (reg_addr & ~0x3) {
   case EOI_OFFSET:
-    PrintError("Attempting to read from write only register\n");
-    return -1;
+    // Well, only an idiot would read from a architectural write only register
+    // Oh, Hello Linux.
+    //    PrintError("Attempting to read from write only register\n");
+    //    return -1;
     break;
 
     // data registers