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RE: [Xen-devel] EFER in HVM guests

To: "Keir Fraser" <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@xxxxxxxxx>, "Woller, Thomas" <thomas.woller@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] EFER in HVM guests
From: "Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:12:36 +0800
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] EFER in HVM guests
When I'm trying to merge VMX/SVM MSR access code, I'm confused by some
SVM MSR access code, since quite a few MSRs have corresponding fields in
vmcb, why still the access will cause VMExits?
-Xin 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keir Fraser
>Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 1:22 AM
>To: Nakajima, Jun; Jan Beulich; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 
>Keir Fraser
>Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] EFER in HVM guests
>
>
>*Please* can you make the handling of generic CPUID leaves and 
>architectural
>MSRs common HVM code? There is lots of needless code 
>duplication right now
>with niggling differences that shouldn't be necessary.
>
> -- Keir
>

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