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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86, x2apic: Preserve high 32-bits of IA32_APIC_BASE MSR
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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