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    SubjectRe: Use CPUID to communicate with the hypervisor.
    Gleb Natapov wrote:
    > Can this interface be used to pass variable sized data from a hypervisor
    > to a gust? ACPI or DMI tables for instance.
    >
    >

    In theory it can, but it would be a bad idea. cpuid is best used to
    communicate cpu features; ACPI and DMI are (mostly) system features.

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