Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:05:31 +0400 | From | Cyrill Gorcunov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86, x2apic: Preserve high 32-bits of IA32_APIC_BASE MSR |
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On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 05:59:07AM +0000, Naga Chumbalkar wrote: > If there's no special reason to zero-out the "high" 32-bits of the IA32_APIC_BASE > MSR, let's preserve it. > > The x2APIC Specification doesn't explicitly state any such requirement. (Sec 2.2 > in: http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/manual/318148.pdf). > > Signed-off-by: Naga Chumbalkar <nagananda.chumbalkar@hp.com> > Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> >
Looks like a good idea for me. I've reviewed some additional specs and even some updates, nothing interesting found.
Reviewed-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
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