On Tue, 8 Nov 2016, Kyle Huey wrote: > > It will simplify the MSR get/set code, and make it easier to plumb > > support for new bits in these MSRs. > > I'm inclined to do this for MSR_PLATFORM_INFO but not > MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES. The former actually has other bits, and > isn't used outside the msr handling code (yet, anyways). > MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES doesn't have any other bits (it's actually > not documented by Intel at all outside of that virtualization paper) > and after masking bits in cpuid.c or adding a helper function the > complexity would be a wash at best. The feature MSR is also used for enabling ring3 MWAIT, which is obviously not documented either. So there is more stuff coming along.... Thanks, tglx -- 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
