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RE: [Xen-devel] Windows SMP

To: "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Andrew Lyon" <andrew.lyon@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Windows SMP
From: "Ian Pratt" <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:15:17 -0000
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> > As its not a cpuid feature I guess I will  have to check the Intel
> > manuals for each cpu model, do you know what the feature is
described
> > as in Intel documentation?
> 
> In the architecture manual it is known as apic-access virtualisation.
I
> don't know whether it would be a headline feature in a processor's
data
> sheet.

I believe Intel's marketing moniker for the feature is "FlexPriority".

Ian

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