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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] vmwrite high 32 bits of 64bit VMCS fields when i

To: "Keir Fraser" <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] vmwrite high 32 bits of 64bit VMCS fields when in PAE mode
From: "Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:29:53 +0800
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 1:57 AM
>To: Li, Xin B; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] vmwrite high 32 bits of 64bit 
>VMCS fields when in PAE mode
>
>Is this necessary? Writes to low halves clear top halves, and 
>these data structures will always be below 4GB, right?

On PAE, I think it may be above 4G.
-Xin 

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