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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 00/12] x86/microcode: Early load microcode
On 01/08/2013 11:46 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>
> OK. I am trying to figure out whether this usage of native_* for the
> MSRs was done on purpose - and it sounds like the answer is no. If so -
> can it be done using the normal 'safe_rdmsr' and 'wrmsr'?
>
> That would allow at least in the case of Xen, to omit a whole bunch
> of MSR writes/reads during the boot that are not neccessary as we would
> not trap in the hypervisor - but could use the pvops version of
> read/write MSR calls to just do a nop.
>

Why is this code invoked on Xen at all? That seems crazy.

-hpa




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