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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Lazy save/restore of SVM debug registers

To: "Travis Betak" <travis.betak@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Lazy save/restore of SVM debug registers
From: "George Dunlap " <dunlapg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:47:47 -0400
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Hey Travis -- two questions:
*  This is a safe operation? All debug registers from the guest are
turned off before entering the hypervisor?
* Is there a reason you don't save & restore DR6?

-George

On 8/25/06, Travis Betak <travis.betak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
[HVM][SVM] Allow SVM to take advantage of flag_dr_dirty.

Signed-off-by: Travis Betak <travis.betak@xxxxxxx>

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