On 04/14/2010 02:49 PM, David Howells wrote:
Matthew Wilcox<matthew@xxxxxx> wrote:
I don't know whether we can get it /documented/, but the architect I
asked said "We'll never get away with reverting to the older behavior,
so in essence the architecture is set to not overwrite."
Does that mean we can rely on it? Linus?
Even if Intel processors behave that way, other processors (real and
emulated) use those manuals as a specification. Emulated processors are
unlikely to touch an undefined register, but real processors may.
(qemu tcg appears not to touch the output)
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