Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:18:04 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Skip tsc synchronization checks if CONSTANT_TSC bit is set. |
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Alok Kataria wrote: > > I agree with the synthetic cpu feature thing. > Do you think i should use one of the existing word like the word 3 which > is for synthesized feature bits ? Or is it better to define a new > virtualization specific word ? >
I don't see any point in using anything other than word 3 until it fills up.
What we want to end up with is cleanly separated: hypervisor detection, hypervisor features/workaround settings, and the implementation of those.
-hpa
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