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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Allow Dom0 to read patchlevel MSR

To: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Allow Dom0 to read patchlevel MSR
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:15:10 +0100
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On 16/9/08 13:06, "Christoph Egger" <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> Allow Dom0 to read microcode patchlevel MSR.
> Solaris needs this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>

A pointless patch. The default case of the switch statement has equivalent
effect.

I guess I'll keep the MSR labelled there just for documentation in case we
tighten up RDMSR/WRMSR emulation in future.

 -- Keir



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