Re: [PATCH] emulator: add movdqa tests

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(2012/01/09 1:35), Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> The movdqa instruction performs a 128-bit vector move and requires that
> operands are aligned in memory.  Unlike the movdqu instruction, a #GP is
> raised if operands are unaligned.
> 
> This patch does not exercise misalignment because the CPU detects
> misalignment while still inside the guest and raises #GP.  The emulator
> will therefore never meet unaligned movdqa instructions.
> 
> Also change "read"/"write" to "store"/"load" to make it obvious whether
> the test transfers to or from memory.  Previous usage of "read" and
> "write" was misleading.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi<stefanha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This test is expected to fail until a patch is merged that implements the
> missing movdqa instruction.
> 

What is the status of Stefan's work?

	Takuya
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