On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 03:18:22PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Ugh. Match the SDM unless it's obviously "wrong"? :-) It might literally
> be the only instance of the SDM using "on" instead of "enable(d)" for an
> MSR or CR bit. The SDM even refers to it as an enable bit, e.g. "platform
> software has not enabled LMCE by setting IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL.LMCE_ON (bit 20)".
>
> Whining aside, I'm ok going with LMCE_ON, I have a feeling "on" was
> deliberately chosen differentiate it from IA32_MCG_EXT_CTL.LMCE_EN.
Nah, ok, let's leave this as a one-off case where the SDM is simply
wrong but otherwise the bit names are correct and we keep them the same
as in the SDM to avoid obvious confusion.
Thx.
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