Greetings! looking at the i8259 implementation found in qemu as well as in the in-kernel kvm implementation, I see that on pic_reset() special_fully_nested_mode is set to zero, but the intel(r) 8259A manual says on page 15: Fully Nested Mode This mode is entered after initialization unless another mode is programmed. any comments are appreciated, a patch should be trivial, but I'd gladly submit one if requested. TIA, Herbert -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html