Christoph Egger
2008-Sep-16 12:06 UTC
[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Allow Dom0 to read patchlevel MSR
Hi, Allow Dom0 to read microcode patchlevel MSR. Solaris needs this. Signed-off-by: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@amd.com> -- AMD Saxony, Dresden, Germany Operating System Research Center Legal Information: AMD Saxony Limited Liability Company & Co. KG Sitz (Geschäftsanschrift): Wilschdorfer Landstr. 101, 01109 Dresden, Deutschland Registergericht Dresden: HRA 4896 vertretungsberechtigter Komplementär: AMD Saxony LLC (Sitz Wilmington, Delaware, USA) Geschäftsführer der AMD Saxony LLC: Dr. Hans-R. Deppe, Thomas McCoy _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Keir Fraser
2008-Sep-16 12:15 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Allow Dom0 to read patchlevel MSR
On 16/9/08 13:06, "Christoph Egger" <Christoph.Egger@amd.com> wrote:> > Hi, > > Allow Dom0 to read microcode patchlevel MSR. > Solaris needs this. > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@amd.com>A pointless patch. The default case of the switch statement has equivalent effect. I guess I''ll keep the MSR labelled there just for documentation in case we tighten up RDMSR/WRMSR emulation in future. -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Christoph Egger
2008-Sep-16 12:28 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Allow Dom0 to read patchlevel MSR
On Tuesday 16 September 2008 14:15:10 Keir Fraser wrote:> On 16/9/08 13:06, "Christoph Egger" <Christoph.Egger@amd.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Allow Dom0 to read microcode patchlevel MSR. > > Solaris needs this. > > > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@amd.com> > > A pointless patch. The default case of the switch statement has equivalent > effect. > > I guess I''ll keep the MSR labelled there just for documentation in case we > tighten up RDMSR/WRMSR emulation in future.Tnx. -- AMD Saxony, Dresden, Germany Operating System Research Center Legal Information: AMD Saxony Limited Liability Company & Co. KG Sitz (Geschäftsanschrift): Wilschdorfer Landstr. 101, 01109 Dresden, Deutschland Registergericht Dresden: HRA 4896 vertretungsberechtigter Komplementär: AMD Saxony LLC (Sitz Wilmington, Delaware, USA) Geschäftsführer der AMD Saxony LLC: Dr. Hans-R. Deppe, Thomas McCoy _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel