[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] guest MSR access in the realmode emulati

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Subject:	[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] guest MSR access in the realmode emulation
From:	Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:34:10 +0000
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You can't directly access the physical EFER. I've modified the patch to go
via the intercept routines in vmx.c and checked it in.

 Thanks,
 Keir

On 31/1/08 01:58, "Nitin A Kamble" <nitin.a.kamble@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Keir,
>   Our QA guys found out that SMP windows guest was not booting with the
> new realmode code. I looked into it and found out the realmode msr
> access is missing from the new realmode code. 
>    Attached is the patch to implement the MSR access in the new realmode
> emulation code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@xxxxxxxxx>



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