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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 12/12] xen/mtrr: Add mtrr_if support for Xen mtrr
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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 12/12] xen/mtrr: Add mtrr_if support for Xen mtrr |
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> |
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Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:13:00 -0700 |
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"xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "sct@xxxxxxxxxx" <sct@xxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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On 09/28/2010 10:56 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 09/28/2010 10:13 AM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>> Yes, we could just mask out the MTRR CPU feature and rely entirely on PAT.
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>> The alternative would be to use the wrmsr hooks to emulate the Intel
>> MTRR registers by mapping them to hypercalls, but that seems needlessly
>> complex.
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> Indeed. Relying on pure PAT is the Right Thing[TM].
Is there a plan to formally deprecate /proc/mtrr and the kernel
infrastructure behind it?
J
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