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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4] x86,module: Detect CRn and DRn manipulation
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    On 08.04.20 11:25, David Laight wrote:
    > From: Jan Kiszka
    >> Sent: 08 April 2020 09:59
    > ...
    >> At the risk of cutting our own branch off: That's not the firmware
    >> loader, it's ioremap with PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC.
    >
    > You could link the 'blob' into the .text part of a normal
    > kernel module and then load that.

    Sure, also possible. Was just more convenient so far to replace the
    hypervisor binary without having to recompile the driver module.

    Jan

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